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discourage 音标拼音: [dɪsk'ɚɪdʒ] vt. 使泄气,使沮丧;阻拦,劝阻 使泄气,使沮丧;阻拦,劝阻 discourage v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; " We should discourage this practice among our youth" [ synonym: { deter}, { discourage}] 2: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged [ ant: { encourage}] 3: admonish or counsel in terms of someone' s behavior; " I warned him not to go too far"; " I warn you against false assumptions"; " She warned him to be quiet" [ synonym: { warn}, { discourage}, { admonish}, { monish}] Discourage \ Dis* cour" age\, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness. [ 1913 Webster]
Discourage \ Dis* cour" age\ (?; 48), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Discouraging}.] [ Pref. dis- courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d[' e] courager: pref. des- ( L. dis-) corage, F. courage. See { Courage}.] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. [ 1913 Webster] Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. -- Col. iii. 21. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts. Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor. [ 1913 Webster] 95 Moby Thesaurus words for " discourage": afflict, anticipate, avert, awe, bar, beat down, blunt, bother, cast down, check, chill, cool, cow, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, daunt, debar, deflect, deject, demoralize, depress, deter, disaffect, disapprove of, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dismay, disparage, dispirit, dissuade, distract, distress, divert, droop, estop, exclude, faze, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frighten, help, hinder, indispose, inhibit, intimidate, irk, keep from, keep off, knock down, lower, lower the spirits, obviate, oppose, oppress, overawe, preclude, press down, prevent, prohibit, put off, quench, repel, restrain, rule out, sadden, save, scare, shake, sink, slow, stave off, stop, suppress, talk out of, trouble, try, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unman, unnerve, vex, ward off, wean from, weigh, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon
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