| 单词 | discourage |
| 释义 | dis·cour·age transitive verb 1. < loss of the bastion greatly discouraged the besieged garrison > < a succession of failures discouraged the young inventor > 2. a. < discourage gambling by legislative enactment > : deter, hinder < a condition of feudal anarchy discouraged the growth of trade > < the aridity of the soil discouraged agriculture > b. < discouraged his son from pursuing a literary career > < a table-high platform … with a rail around it to discourage souvenir snatchers — Green Peyton > intransitive verb < I don't discourage easily > Synonyms: < these accidents did great damage, and discouraged the French mariners to such a degree, that they became more afraid of their own guns than of those of the English — Tobias Smollett > dishearten is a close synonym of discourage; it may indicate temporary loss of heart or courage < the days came, but not the visitor, though Lucetta repeated her dressing with scrupulous care. She was disheartened — Thomas Hardy > < a difficult undertaking that might have disheartened one less buoyant — Vera M. Dean > dispirit may indicate enervation, depriving of all cheer, and surrender to gloom < in quelling a local Armenian revolt he was badly wounded. Sick and dispirited, he gave up his Arabian plan — John Buchan > < the shabby, dispiriting spectacle of Versailles, with its base greeds and timidities — C.E.Montague > deject implies a general casting down of spirits and a driving away of hope and cheer < I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation. She was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company — Benjamin Franklin > < the dejected appearance that is usually found only in the faces of old men who have been disappointed in life — Liam O'Flaherty > Synonym: see in addition dissuade. |
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