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discouraged

/dih-skur-ij, -skuhr-/US // dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr- //UK // (dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ) //

心灰意冷,灰心丧气,灰心丧气的,心灰意懒

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v.有主动词 verb
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    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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing.

    • : to become discouraged: a person who discourages easily.

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Examples

  • By creating uncertainty, the federal government discouraged both states and private companies from acting on their own initiative, which has delayed our national response.

  • Whether the boycott movement discourages streamers and moviegoers from seeing the film remains to be seen.

  • Sixteen percent say pandemic-imposed restrictions at hospitals and doctors’ offices are discouraging them from moving forward.

  • Republicans, meanwhile, are leery of continuing the full payments, saying they will discourage people from returning to work.

  • These discouraging numbers have led many businesses to focus on improving their products and services, thus doing their best to retain a loyal customer.

  • Press are also discouraged from asking and shouting out questions at the Royals during press calls.

  • Jackson says that at first, her parents thought it was strange and discouraged her from getting into Korean pop stars.

  • Perhaps even the indefatigable John Kerry might be discouraged from more futile and dispiriting peace talks.

  • Its contracted readership has not discouraged a larger group, maybe more than ever before, from writing it.

  • Ivory purchases are officially discouraged by the Chinese government.

  • He believed in the value of viva voce discussion, and discouraged all unnecessary inter-departmental correspondence.

  • My brother recovered his old spirit and refused to be discouraged by my pessimistic view of his expedition.

  • On the very summit of one of these is perched a ruined castle, whose inaccessible position discouraged nearer acquaintance.

  • But I reckon the smuggling of Chinks into this section has been pretty well discouraged.

  • The colony of Virginia discouraged with their losses and various misfortunes embarked for England.