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

• The tight link between reviews and compensation discourages openness and honesty.
  总结和薪酬之间的紧密联系，使得我们无法敞开心扉坦诚相对。
• This overhead discourages test teams from maintaining proper documentation to ensure a repeatable and consistent test effort.
  从维护适当的文档到确保可重复的且一致的测试工作，该开销阻碍了测试团队。
• Encourages self-monitoring& discourages reliance on teacher.
  鼓励学生自我管理，减少对老师的依赖。
• Rewarding employees primarily for years of service discourages people from maintaining consistently high levels of productivity.
  主要根据工作年限奖励员工不利于人们保持高水平的生产力。
• Their constant criticisn discourages me.
  他们不断的批评使我感到很灰心。
• Tampering with carton is easily detected. I should say that this rather discourages pilferage.
  纸箱弄破是容易检查出来的，我说这恰恰成为阻碍偷盗的因素。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Limitation on top salaries, however, discourages some from continuing with the government.
  然而，对高薪水的限制让他们中一些人放弃继续在政府中的工作。