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。
• All of the extra effort in wasted syntax discourages their use.
  多余句子结构所需的过多的额外处理阻碍了对匿名类的使用。
• 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。
• The head of the Indian Council of international economic relations, Rajiv Kumar, says lack of adequate infrastructure holds back growth and discourages investors& both domestic and foreign.
  印度国际经济关系理事会的负责人拉吉夫.库玛尔说，基础设施匮乏阻碍了经济增长，同时也令国内和国外投资者望而却步。
• The plainness of these houses discourages many prospective buyers.
  这些房子很难看，使许多潜在的买主望而却步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。