discourage
英 [d?s'k?r?d?]
美[d?s'k??d?]
- vt. 阻止；使氣餒
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?discourages;過(guò)去式:?discouraged;過(guò)去分詞:?discouraged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?discouraging;副詞:?discouragingly;形容詞:?discouraged;? discouraging;
中文詞源
discourage 使泄氣
dis-, 不，非，使相反。courage, 鼓勵(lì)。
英文詞源
- discourage (v.)
- mid-15c., discoragen, from Middle French descourager, from Old French descoragier, from des- "away" (see dis-) + corage (see courage). Related: Discouraged; discouragement; discouraging.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
- 瑞士人想要阻止外資流入。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
- 很多父母覺(jué)得要孩子循規(guī)蹈矩是件很難的事情。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.
- 他的父母設(shè)法打消他對(duì)音樂(lè)的興趣，但他始終堅(jiān)持。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
- 勸阻青少年吸煙的運(yùn)動(dòng)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.
- 盡管她沒(méi)有回應(yīng)他的感情, 她也沒(méi)有使他喪失信心.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》