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

• Other problems include a weak banking system, a poor business climate that discourages both domestic and foreign investors, corruption, and widespread lack of trust in institutions.
  其他问题包括不稳定的银行体制、不完善的商业体制等，阻碍了国内和国外的投资，导致了腐败和人民对公共机构缺乏信任。
• Light discourages them, they need the darkness.
  光会阻拦他们，他们需要黑暗。
• 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。
• This system discourages people from asserting their rights in court.
  这种体制阻碍了人们在法庭上维护自己的权利。
• Sure, and in the tuning process we will try to find an amount of experience that discourages this.
  肯定会有人这么做，我们会在在调整过程中设法找出能阻止这类行为的损失经验的数量。
• 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。
• For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier.
  例如，她曾试图劝阻周期更多的钱，所以你可以做你想要的生活，所以你会更幸福。
• 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。
• They are the product of a bureaucracy that rewards discipline and discourages initiative.
  他们是一个提倡纪律性，反对主动性的官僚机构的产物。
• Price controls and export tariffs make production less profitable, which discourages increased supply and can make shortages worse.
  价格控制和出口关税降低了生产利润，阻碍了供应的增加，可能导致食品短缺加剧。