discouragedis•cour•age /dɪs'kʌrɪdʒ/

vt

1. 使气馁，使沮丧

• Failure discouraged him utterly. 失败使他完全气馁了。

2. 劝阻，不赞同

• She did not discourage him from trying again. 她并未劝阻他再努力一次。

3. 不允许，妨碍

• Inflation discourages saving. 物价暴涨让人很难有所积蓄。

vi 灰心，气馁