discourage

verb

1. 阻拦；阻止；劝阻
   to try to prevent sth or to prevent sb from doing sth, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it
   1. a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
      劝阻青少年吸烟的运动
   2. I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
      我出门时开着灯以防夜盗闯入。
   3. His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
      他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。
2. 使灰心；使泄气；使丧失信心
   to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth
   1. Don't be discouraged by the first failure─try again!
      不要因第一次失败就灰心丧气——再试一次吧！
   2. The weather discouraged people from attending.
      这天气使得人们不愿意出席。

1. VERB 使泄气;使灰心
   If someone or something discourages you, 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。
2. VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
   To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing 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

1. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
   很多父母觉得要孩子循规蹈矩是件很难的事情。
2. 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。
3. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
   瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。
4. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted
   他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣，但他始终坚持。
5. He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth
   他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。
6. They worry that deflation would discourage investment as it would induce people and banks to hoard cash.
   他们担心通缩会促使个人和银行囤积现金，从而妨碍投资。
7. Understand that you may make mistakes, but don't let them discourage you.
   知道你可能犯错误，但不要让他们劝阻你。
8. Their criticism did not discourage me. On the contrary, I worked even harder.
   他们的批评并没有使我感到气馁，相反，我比以前更加努力了。
9. I mean, you could, but I would discourage it.
   我说，你会，但是我会劝阻你。
10. We are trying to discourage smoking.
    我们在试图劝阻抽烟。
11. Subsidies on rice exports by industrial countries also discourage higher production in low-cost countries.
    各工业国对大米出口的补贴也抑制了低成本国家提高生产。
12. You're right. I shouldn't let one setback discourage me.
    你是对的，我不应该让一次挫折给打倒。
13. I hope my story didn't discourage you.
    我希望我的故事没有打击你。
14. We discourage waste of time on items irrelevant to the object of study.
    我们避免把时间浪费在与研究对象无关的项目上。
15. Discourage unsustainable agricultural practices, uncontrolled deforestation, destructive fishing practices and overfishing;
    阻止不可持续的农业活动、未加控制的毁林活动、破坏性捕捞活动和过度捕捞；
16. Second, it would discourage the US government from deficit spending and prevent skyrocketing government debts.
    第二，这将劝阻美国政府寅吃卯粮，防止政府债务猛增。
17. The slower appreciation against the dollar could be a signal to discourage speculators.
    人民币对美元升值的放缓，可能是阻止投机者的一个信号。
18. Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?
    哪些人对你鼓励，哪些人令你泄气？
19. It is absolutely right for governments to discourage smoking, to tax it and to protect non-smokers.
    政府反对吸烟、抽税和保护不吸烟者绝对是正确的。
20. The methods he used to discourage poaching.
    他用以阻止偷猎的办法。
21. Don't discourage me, just encourage me, I need courage very much.
    请别让我泄气，鼓励我，我非常需要勇气。
22. How do we encourage good behaviour in children, and how do we discourage bad behaviour?
    我们如何鼓励良好行为的儿童，我们如何阻止不良行为？
23. And we will be keeping the ongoing results of the poll private in other to further discourage cheating.
    我们会照料正在进行的民意调查的结果，进一步阻止其他私人欺骗。
24. I did nothing to discourage these rumors.
    我没有办法阻止那些谣言。
25. Will this endorsement encourage or discourage the takeup of Agile practices in businesses today?
    这样的宣传和支持，是否有利于敏捷实践在商业世界中推广和实施呢？
26. These barriers discourage domestic and foreign investment alike.
    这些壁垒对国内和外国投资都有不利影响。
27. We discourage smoking in this school.
    我们在这所学校劝阻吸烟。
28. However, we can't discourage for this and spoil what good we have done so far.
    然而对次我们不能泄气，因为到目前为止我们做的还不错。
29. I think we should discourage people from using their cars.
    我认为我们应该减少其使用的汽车的人。
30. These fictions discourage some would-be entrepreneurs from giving it a go, and even influence policymakers.
    这些虚构的东西让一些可能成为企业家的人失去了起步的勇气，甚至还影响了决策者。

  discourage daunt【导航词义：使泄气】

  discourage v. 使灰心，使泄气

〔辨析〕使某人失去信心或泄气。

  daunt v. 使气馁，使害怕

〔辨析〕使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足，通常用被动语态。

  depress discourage dishearten【导航词义：使沮丧】

  depress v. 使沮丧，使抑郁

〔辨析〕指使人心情不好、不高兴。

  discourage v. 使泄气，使灰心

〔辨析〕指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。

  dishearten v. 使沮丧，使灰心

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。

verb

1. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
   1. I warned him not to go too far
   2. I warn you against false assumptions
   3. She warned him to be quiet

   Synonym:    warnadmonishmonish

2. try to prevent
   1. We should discourage this practice among our youth

   Synonym:    deter

3. deprive of courage or hope