discourage
vt. 使泄气；使失去信心；使打消……的念头。如：
Don’t let one failure discourage you, try again.
别失败一次就泄气，再试一次。
His parents tried to discourage him from climbing the mountain.
他的父母设法劝他不要去爬山。
[注意] discourage sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
[派生] discouraged adj. 灰心丧气的，沮丧的
discouraging adj. 令人泄气的
discouragement n. 泄气，灰心；挫折
[小试] 用discourage的适当形式填空。
1. He refused to give up in spite of many _______.
2. Learners can feel _______ if an exercise is too difficult.
3. It may be hard to do at first. Don’t let this _______ you.
4. Today’s report on the economy is rather _______.
Key: 1. discouragements 2. discouraged 3. discourage
4. discouraging |
