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 could tell that Yao was a little discouraged.
  我看得出来姚有点气馁了。
• I felt discouraged by their lack of interest.
  他们缺乏兴趣使我感到灰心。
• He was discouraged in [ over] his enterprise.
  他对自己的事业感到泄气。
• 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。
• Consumers have been discouraged by high interest rates.
  高利率打击了消费者的信心。
• It's just a temporary setback. Don't be discouraged.
  这不过是尺蠖之屈，不要泄气。
• 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。
• Don't be discouraged when you meet with difficulties.
  碰到困难不要气馁。
• Don't be discouraged!; Don't lose your heart!
  不要灰心！
• I've been discouraged from starting new projects so spend my time writing a script and studying.
  公司不让我开展新的项目，因此我把时间都花在了写剧本和学习上。