Discourage
[ dɪs'kɝɪdʒ ]
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vt. 使气馁;使沮丧;阻碍;劝阻;
💡 词根助记
dis除去，取消+courage勇气→使失去勇气
📝 例句
She was discouraged by setbacks.
她因挫折而灰心了。
Poor health is grave discourage.
身体不好是一个严重的障碍。
Don't let one failure discourage you.
不要因为一次失败就泄气。
We discouraged him from giving up the job.
我们劝他不要放弃那份工作。
Cities will have a powerful incentive to discourage recycling.
城市将采取有力的措施阻止再循环。
🌱 联想助记
【记】dis-前缀“不”,courage-勇气:没有了勇气,变得灰心泄气了
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-cord-表示“心脏”
📖 牛津释义
discourage
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (from doing sth) take away sb's confidence or hope of doing sth 使某人丧失（做某事的）信心; 使某人泄气
Don't discourage her; she's doing her best. 别泄她的气, 她正尽力做呢.
2
(a) [Tn] try to stop (sth) 设法阻止（某事物）
Parents should discourage smoking. 做父母的应该设法阻止子女吸烟.
(b) [Tn.pr] ~ sb from doing sth persuade sb not to do sth 劝某人不要做某事
Parents should discourage their children from smoking. 做父母的应该劝子女不要吸烟.
🎯 考研助记
dis+courage勇气
🔁 扩展释义
*[dis'kʌridʒ]vt. 使气馁, 阻碍
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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There's a possibility that he'll get promoted.
她大概会获得提拔。
She seems to have no principles at all when it is a question of making money.
一碰到挣钱的事，她就好像完全不顾自己的人格了。
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。