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单词 discouragement
释义 dis·cour·age·ment
\-jmənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French descouragement, from Old French descoragement, from descoragier + -ment
1. : the act of discouraging
 < the encouragement of free enterprise and discouragement of monopolies — Current Biography >
: the state of being discouraged : depression
 < there are moments of discouragement in us all — William James >
2. : something that discourages : something that tends to deter : deterrent
 < rather an incentive than a discouragement to vice — Rose Macaulay >
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