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

• Beijing also has increased requirements for severance payments, which discourages layoffs unless business drops severely.
  北京也要求越来越高的遣散费，除非业务下降严重，否则不鼓励裁员。
• 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。
• This discourages students in rural areas from pursuing further education, with additional differential impacts on girls and minorities.
  这严重影响了乡下学生进一步深造的积极性，对于女生和少数民族学生来说，情况更糟。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our tax code discourages work and entrepreneurship, saving and investment, and distorts the allocation of capital.
  美国的税收规则挫败了人们在工作与创业、储蓄与投资方面的积极性，并扭曲了资本分配。
• Fear of discrimination, or worse, discourages many mothers from using existing health resources.
  对歧视或更严重反应的惧怕，抑制了许多妇女利用现有医疗资源的勇气。
• 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。
• Holding people accountable for flawed and faulty plans discourages people from taking the right actions when information becomes available.
  使人们对这个有缺陷不完善的计划负责通常会使他们打消采取正确行为的念头，即使当他们得知信息是可利用的。