discouraged

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒd]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：discouraged　

COCA.33275

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

英英释义

adj

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  1. desperate demoralized people looking for work
  2. felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
  3. the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
  Synonym:demoralizeddemoraliseddisheartened
• lacking in resolution
  1. the accident left others discouraged about going there

双语例句

• I felt discouraged by their lack of interest.
  他们缺乏兴趣使我感到灰心。
• Don't be discouraged, we are new to the work after all.
  别灰心，毕竟这个工作对我们来说是新的。
• He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.
  他遇到困难和障碍很容易气馁。
• He wasn't discouraged when they threw cold water on his ideas.
  他们对他的想法泼冷水时，他并不泄气。
• We should not be discouraged because we must suffer as Christians.
  我们不该因为我们是基督徒必须受苦而灰心。
• The "unwanted American population" that is systematically discouraged by advertising-supported media is not small.
  这种“多余的美国人”为数不少，靠广告维持生计的传播媒介故意冷落他们。
• I should not let it get to me. I should not be discouraged.
  我不应该让这事发生，我不该泄气。
• It was the only time she had ever discouraged him from dangerous activities and she regretted it thereafter.
  那是她唯一一次劝他不要参加危险活动，说完以后她就后悔了。
• Sharp price rises have increased producers'and traders'profits but not discouraged consumers.
  价格的急剧上涨提高了生产商和贸易商的利润，但没有抑制消费需求。
• Consumers have been discouraged by high interest rates.
  高利率打击了消费者的信心。