discourage

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vt. 使气馁, 阻碍

发音

UK /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/
US /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

discouraged discourages 三单 discourages discouragest discourageth discouraging discouraging 现在分词 discouraged 过去式 discouraged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

阻止；使气馁

to make something less likely to happen

Aspirin may discourage tumour growth in some types of cancer.

阿司匹林可能遏制某些恶性肿瘤的生长。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Lack of courage

    罕用 不可数
v. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

    令人愁闷

    使沮丧

    及物

    Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.

  2. 2.

    To persuade somebody not to do (something).

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

warn deter admonish monish

反义词 1

encourage

上位词 8

change counsel advise reject alter modify disapprove rede

下位词 10

intimidate depress dismay demoralize cast down deject demoralise dishearten dispirit get down

近义相关 1

warn

词源

From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- + courage.

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