discourage

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1 PREVENTto persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or bad （设法）劝阻，打消…的念头 OPP encourage

attempts to discourage illegal immigration

阻止非法移民的努力

discourage somebody from doing something

My father is a lawyer, and he discouraged me from entering the field.

我父亲是一名律师，他劝我别干这一行。

5Don’t say ‘discourage someone to do something’. Say ‘discourage someone from doing something.

不要说 ‘discourage someone to do something’. 而要说 ‘discourage someone from doing something.

n Grammar

You say:

She discouraged me from going.

✗Don’t say: She discouraged me to go.

2 PERSUADEto make someone less confident or less willing to do something 使灰心，使泄气 SYN demoralize OPP encourage

You should not let one failure discourage you.

你不该失败一次就灰心丧气。

3 to make something less likely to happen 阻止，防止 OPP encourage

Aspirin may discourage tumour growth in some types of cancer.

阿司匹林可能遏制某些恶性肿瘤的生长。

Examples from the Corpus

discourage• Leave the lights on when you're out in order to discourage burglars.• The complexities of scheduling thousands of students for individual courses discourage change.• It is a well known fact that a negative working environment discourages creativity.• The air filled with the strong scent of herbs being burned to discourage elemental spirits.• If this report that the army is planning a coup is serious, then the army must be discouraged from doing that.• Girls are sometimes discouraged from studying subjects like engineering and physics.• Put the plant in a cold room to discourage growth.• Although the troubles in the financial markets have made his cautious, Reid said they haven't discouraged him.• Higher taxes are likely to discourage investment.• What discouraged me most was our lack of progress in the pay negotiations.• These things are not written under any feeling of discouragement, much less to discourage others.• Higher cigarette prices do not seem to discourage people from smoking.• The cameras should discourage shoplifters.• We need to discourage the use of cars for short journeys.• Fourth, the fund may lack the accounting systems and performance measurement techniques to incorporate futures, so discouraging their use.• At the very least your notes should not discourage you in this aim.• Trying to lose weight fast will only discourage you.

discourage somebody from doing something• Schools discourage youngsters from being involved in gangs.

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