discourages

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪz]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪz]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• They are the product of a bureaucracy that rewards discipline and discourages initiative.
  他们是一个提倡纪律性，反对主动性的官僚机构的产物。
• This discourages students in rural areas from pursuing further education, with additional differential impacts on girls and minorities.
  这严重影响了乡下学生进一步深造的积极性，对于女生和少数民族学生来说，情况更糟。
• This overhead discourages test teams from maintaining proper documentation to ensure a repeatable and consistent test effort.
  从维护适当的文档到确保可重复的且一致的测试工作，该开销阻碍了测试团队。
• Light discourages them, they need the darkness.
  光会阻拦他们，他们需要黑暗。
• It discourages me that every time I try to ride a bicycle I fall off.
  我每次骑自行车都跌倒真让人沮丧。
• The plainness of these houses discourages many prospective buyers.
  这些房子很难看，使许多潜在的买主望而却步。
• Their constant criticisn discourages me.
  他们不断的批评使我感到很灰心。
• Beijing also has increased requirements for severance payments, which discourages layoffs unless business drops severely.
  北京也要求越来越高的遣散费，除非业务下降严重，否则不鼓励裁员。
• The tight link between reviews and compensation discourages openness and honesty.
  总结和薪酬之间的紧密联系，使得我们无法敞开心扉坦诚相对。
• It attracts worthwhile friends and discourages you enemies.
  它吸引值得你交往的朋友并且击败你的对手。