discourage 的 2 个定义
dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing.
- to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- to dissuade.
- to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: Low prices discourage industry.
- to express or make clear disapproval of; frown upon: to discourage the expression of enthusiasm.
dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing.
- to become discouraged: a person who discourages easily.
discourage 近义词
dishearten, dispirit
deter, dissuade; restrain
更多discourage例句
- Ward believes that allowing offensive bird names to persist could discourage a new generation of nature enthusiasts from getting involved.
- Shortly after, he issued a statement discouraging similar harassment and promising to do better.
- If this does not discourage the behavior, then it may indeed be time to back off the friendship, while remaining on polite professional terms.
- Other experts expressed concern that double masking could discourage mask-wearing.
- By using an odor eliminator to get rid of the smell, you discourage your pet from returning to the scene of the crime.
- The fences are themselves covered in black sniper netting, to discourage assassins.
- Some pro-life groups worry that they discourage women from staying pregnant altogether.
- The British Museum claims that “cultural diplomacy” can somehow discourage human rights violators.
- The police themselves do little to dispel or discourage this lionized portrayal.
- Unz also notes that a higher minimum wage would discourage illegal immigration and boost consumer spending.
- But the quiet Tagals seem to love danger, and no one tried to discourage the hunter.
- We decided to discourage any such attempts by opening the affair ourselves.
- Failures would not discourage the worker, for every effort would be considered an experiment until success was attained.
- There is, then, good reason why the medical profession should discourage too close an investigation into truth.
- And, therefore, I would not discourage anyone in expending whatever thought and labour might be in him upon any literary work.