discouraged

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒd]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：discouraged　

COCA.33275

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

英英释义

adj

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  1. desperate demoralized people looking for work
  2. felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
  3. the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
  Synonym:demoralizeddemoraliseddisheartened
• lacking in resolution
  1. the accident left others discouraged about going there

双语例句

• I felt discouraged by their lack of interest.
  他们缺乏兴趣使我感到灰心。
• They are discouraged from becoming close friends with foreigners.
  他们被劝说不要和外国人密切交往。
• Consumers have been discouraged by high interest rates.
  高利率打击了消费者的信心。
• He was not discouraged by failure.
  失败并没有使他气短。
• I was too discouraged by this failure to try again.
  这依次失败使我太灰心了，我不想再尝试了。
• He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.
  他遇到困难和障碍很容易气馁。
• Don't be discouraged!; Don't lose your heart!
  不要灰心！
• I could tell that Yao was a little discouraged.
  我看得出来姚有点气馁了。
• It's just a temporary setback. Don't be discouraged.
  这不过是尺蠖之屈，不要泄气。
• The "unwanted American population" that is systematically discouraged by advertising-supported media is not small.
  这种“多余的美国人”为数不少，靠广告维持生计的传播媒介故意冷落他们。