英语词汇“discourage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If your friend is thinking about quitting her job and moving to the Peruvian Andes to raise llamas, you might discourage her by pointing out that she’s allergic to llamas and also afraid of heights.

When you discourage someone, you try to talk them out of doing something, by pointing out reasons why their planned action would be unwise. The verb discourage has roots in the French word descouragier, which comes from des-, meaning “away,” and corage, or “courage.” So when you discourage someone, you can think of it as taking his courage — or enthusiasm — away.

WORD FAMILY

discourage: discouraged, discouragement, discourages, discouraging+/discouraged: discouragedly, undiscouraged/discouragement: discouragements/discouraging: discouragingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Often mere notification of a review by the panel discourages deals.

Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)

And like all Apple employees, he was discouraged from talking about his job with co-workers.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

His choice of the wildly unqualified Ben Carson to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a discouraging early sign.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

1v try to prevent; show opposition to

We should discourage this practice among our youth

Syn|Hyper

deter

disapprove, reject

deem wrong or inappropriate

2v deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

Ant|Hypo

encourage

inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

dishearten, put off

take away the enthusiasm of

intimidate, restrain

to compel or deter by or as if by threats

pour cold water on, throw cold water on

be discouraging or negative about

dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off

cause to lose courage

chill

depress or discourage

3v admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

Syn|Hyper

admonish, monish, warn
warn

notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

advise, counsel, rede

give advice to

单词	discourage
释义	discourage (once / 314 pages) v If your friend is thinking about quitting her job and moving to the Peruvian Andes to raise llamas, you might discourage her by pointing out that she’s allergic to llamas and also afraid of heights. When you discourage someone, you try to talk them out of doing something, by pointing out reasons why their planned action would be unwise. The verb discourage has roots in the French word descouragier, which comes from des-, meaning “away,” and corage, or “courage.” So when you discourage someone, you can think of it as taking his courage — or enthusiasm — away. WORD FAMILY discourage: discouraged, discouragement, discourages, discouraging+/discouraged: discouragedly, undiscouraged/discouragement: discouragements/discouraging: discouragingly USAGE EXAMPLES Often mere notification of a review by the panel discourages deals. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) And like all Apple employees, he was discouraged from talking about his job with co-workers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) His choice of the wildly unqualified Ben Carson to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a discouraging early sign. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v try to prevent; show opposition to We should discourage this practice among our youth Syn\|Hyper deter disapprove, reject deem wrong or inappropriate 2v deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged Ant\|Hypo encourage inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down lower someone's spirits; make downhearted dishearten, put off take away the enthusiasm of intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats pour cold water on, throw cold water on be discouraging or negative about dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off cause to lose courage chill depress or discourage 3v admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior Syn\|Hyper admonish, monish, warn warn notify of danger, potential harm, or risk advise, counsel, rede give advice to
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