音标：[dis'kʌridʒ] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

vt. 使气馁, 阻碍

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

词型变化：过去分词 : discouraged ; 过去式 : discouraged ; 现在分词 : discouraging ; 第三人称单数 : discourages
考试类型：[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福]

词性分布：

动词100%

discourage的用法和样例：

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

Inflation discourages saving.通货膨胀阻碍储蓄的积累。
A new law has been brought in to discourage racial prejudice.一项反对种族歧视的新法律已被提出。
Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪。
I was never discouraged against learning English.我从未对学习英语失去信心。
He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.他遇到困难和阻碍就容易泄气。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Don't let one failure discourage you.勿因一次失败而气馁。
The difficult work discouraged Alan and he left school.难学的功课使艾伦失去信心,因此他退学了。
The long winter and the lack of fuel discouraged the settlers.冬日漫漫,又缺乏燃料,使定居者感到泄气。
The political instability of the region has discouraged investment by big companies.这一地区的政治不稳定已使一些大公司打消投资的念头。

Never be discouraged with life.切莫对生活失去信心。
We were discouraged at the bad news.我们听到那个消息都很沮丧。
He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.他遇到困难和障碍时很容易气馁。
If you fail your driving test the first time, don't be discouraged.如果你考驾驶执照第一次没有通过,别因此而泄气。

S+～+ v -ing

We discourage smoking in this school.在这所学校里我们劝阻吸烟。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)

discourage from (v.+prep.)

The rain discouraged us from going out.

雨使我们不能外出。

Lack of recognition discouraged him from publishing more novels.

因不受欢迎,他不敢再出版小说。

Fear of war discouraged him from going abroad .

他因害怕战争而未出国。

I have tried to discourage him from biting nails.

我曾劝阻他不要咬指甲。

We tried to discourage him from climbing the mountain without a guide.

我们曾设法劝他在无向导的情况下不要去爬山。

He was discouraged from going there along .

大家劝他不要单独去那儿。

People were discouraged from attending the parade by the bad weather.

恶劣的天气阻挠了人们去参加游行。

He was discouraged from marrying the girl by his mother.

他妈妈想阻止他和那女孩结婚。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

discourage the use of sth使某物的使用受到限制

～+副词

discourage deeply深深地沮丧
discourage distinctly明显地阻碍
discourage entirely完全地阻碍
discourage heartbreakingly心碎地沮丧
discourage pathetically非常沮丧
discourage permanently永久地沮丧
discourage profoundly深刻地沮丧
discourage unreasonably缺乏理智地沮丧
discourage wisely明智地阻碍

～+介词

discourage by difficulties因困难而泄气
discourage ...from阻碍,劝阻,使…不能
discourage in sth对某事失去信心
discourage with life对生活失去了信心

经典引文

This discouraged Schomberg, who had looked up hopefully.
出自：J. Conrad
It must be dreadfully discouraging, to meet always with abuse.
出自：A. J. Cronin

【近义词】

prevent预防
hinder阻碍
deject <古>垂头丧气的...
dissuade劝阻
dishearten使沮丧
depress使沮丧
disapprove不赞成
deter阻止
daunt使 ... 胆怯
oppose反对
inhibit抑制
stop停止
suppress镇压
dispirit使沮丧
cast down扔掉
dismay沮丧
disappoint使失望
demoralize使士气低落
dampen(使)潮湿
darken变暗
deflate放气
oppress使烦恼
Keep from阻止, 妨碍
from出自
keep保持
monish[古]=admonish
warn警告
admonish警告

【反义词】

encourage鼓励

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