[VERB 动词]使泄气；使灰心 If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
[V n]
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。
discouraged
She was determined not to be too discouraged.
她决心不过于气馁。
discouraging
Today's report is rather more discouraging for the economy.
今天的报道让人对经济更加丧失了信心。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n/-ing]
[V n from -ing]
...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动
Oxford
dis·cour·age/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ/verb1to 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 阻拦；阻止；劝阻discourage(doing) sth ◆a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers劝阻青少年吸烟的运动discouragesb ◆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。discouragesb from doing sth ◆His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。2to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth 使灰心；使泄气；使丧失信心SYN
dishearten
discouragesb ◆Don't be discouraged by the first failure—try again!这才是第一次失败，别灰心丧气，再试一次吧！discouragesb from doing sth ◆The weather discouraged people from attending.这天气使得人们不愿到场出席。OPP
encourage
▶dis·cour·aged/; NAmE/adjective[not usually before noun ]SYN
disheartened
◆Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult.如果练习太难，学习者就可能感到没信心。dis·cour·aging/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ/adjective◆a discouraging experience/response/result令人泄气的经历╱回答╱结果dis·cour·aging·ly/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli/adverbdiscouragediscouragesdiscourageddiscouragingdis·cour·age/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ/dis·cour·aged/; NAmE/dis·cour·aging/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ/dis·cour·aging·ly/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli; NAmEdɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli/
1to persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or badOPP encourage: attempts to discourage illegal immigrationdiscourage somebody from doing something My father is a lawyer, and he discouraged me from entering the field.GRAMMARYou say: · She discouraged me from going.✗Don’t say: She discouraged me to go.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS2to make someone less confident or less willing to do somethingSYN demoralizeOPP encourage: You should not let one failure discourage you.3to make something less likely to happenOPP encourage: Aspirin may discourage tumour growth in some types of cancer.