deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior同义词:warn, admonish, monish
例句
A new law has been brought in to discourage racial prejudice.一项反对种族歧视的新法律已被提出。
Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪。
He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.他遇到困难和阻碍就容易泄气。
Inflation discourages saving.通货膨胀阻碍储蓄的积累。
I was never discouraged against learning English.我从未对学习英语失去信心。
详细解释
dis.cour.age v.tr.(及物动词)dis.cour.aged,dis.cour.ag.ing,dis.cour.ag.es To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.使泄气:使失去信心、希望或精神To hamper by discouraging; deter.通过泄气来阻止;阻挡To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.阻止,劝阻:试图通过不赞成或反对来阻止 来源:Middle English discoragen 中古英语 discoragen from Old French descoragier 源自 古法语 descoragierdes- [dis-] des- [表示.剥夺,除去.的意思] corage [courage] * see couragecorage [勇气] *参见 courage 【引伸】 discour.ageable adj.(形容词)discour.ager n.(名词)discour.agingly adv.(副词)<参考词汇><同义词>discourage,dishearten,dispirit同义词>The central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make less hopeful or enthusiastic.: 这些动词的中心意思都是:.使泄气,使失去热情.: 例句:discouraged by the magnitude of the problem;由于问题重大而丧失勇气; 例句:lack of interest that disheartened the instructor;缺乏兴趣使教员很泄气; 例句:a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuadeencourage 使整个队感到灰心的失败 参见同义词 dissuadeencourage