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

• Sure, and in the tuning process we will try to find an amount of experience that discourages this.
  肯定会有人这么做，我们会在在调整过程中设法找出能阻止这类行为的损失经验的数量。
• Such an unsettled political climate inevitably discourages foreign investment.
  这样动荡的政治气候不可避免地会阻碍外国投资。
• The head of the Indian Council of international economic relations, Rajiv Kumar, says lack of adequate infrastructure holds back growth and discourages investors& both domestic and foreign.
  印度国际经济关系理事会的负责人拉吉夫.库玛尔说，基础设施匮乏阻碍了经济增长，同时也令国内和国外投资者望而却步。
• It discourages habits of industry by holding out before men the hope of getting rich quickly without work.
  它在人们面前展现出可以不劳动而快速致富的希望，从而使人们想丢掉勤劳奋斗的好习惯。
• This system discourages people from asserting their rights in court.
  这种体制阻碍了人们在法庭上维护自己的权利。
• Light discourages them, they need the darkness.
  光会阻拦他们，他们需要黑暗。
• Price controls and export tariffs make production less profitable, which discourages increased supply and can make shortages worse.
  价格控制和出口关税降低了生产利润，阻碍了供应的增加，可能导致食品短缺加剧。
• Other problems include a weak banking system, a poor business climate that discourages both domestic and foreign investors, corruption, and widespread lack of trust in institutions.
  其他问题包括不稳定的银行体制、不完善的商业体制等，阻碍了国内和国外的投资，导致了腐败和人民对公共机构缺乏信任。
• 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。
• 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。