discourages

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪz]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪz]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使泄气;使灰心
  If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
  1. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
     万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
• VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
  Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing it means to make them not want to do it.
  1. ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
     使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
  2. ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
     劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动

双语例句

• It discourages habits of industry by holding out before men the hope of getting rich quickly without work.
  它在人们面前展现出可以不劳动而快速致富的希望，从而使人们想丢掉勤劳奋斗的好习惯。
• Light discourages them, they need the darkness.
  光会阻拦他们，他们需要黑暗。
• What discourages me from going camping is the rain!
  阻止我去露营的就是这场雨！
• Tampering with carton is easily detected. I should say that this rather discourages pilferage.
  纸箱弄破是容易检查出来的，我说这恰恰成为阻碍偷盗的因素。
• The plainness of these houses discourages many prospective buyers.
  这些房子很难看，使许多潜在的买主望而却步。
• Rewarding employees primarily for years of service discourages people from maintaining consistently high levels of productivity.
  主要根据工作年限奖励员工不利于人们保持高水平的生产力。
• They are the product of a bureaucracy that rewards discipline and discourages initiative.
  他们是一个提倡纪律性，反对主动性的官僚机构的产物。
• Fear of discrimination, or worse, discourages many mothers from using existing health resources.
  对歧视或更严重反应的惧怕，抑制了许多妇女利用现有医疗资源的勇气。
• Other problems include a weak banking system, a poor business climate that discourages both domestic and foreign investors, corruption, and widespread lack of trust in institutions.
  其他问题包括不稳定的银行体制、不完善的商业体制等，阻碍了国内和国外的投资，导致了腐败和人民对公共机构缺乏信任。
• The head of the Indian Council of international economic relations, Rajiv Kumar, says lack of adequate infrastructure holds back growth and discourages investors& both domestic and foreign.
  印度国际经济关系理事会的负责人拉吉夫.库玛尔说，基础设施匮乏阻碍了经济增长，同时也令国内和国外投资者望而却步。