1
discourage sb. from doing sth.
常用于劝阻某人不要做某事。
Her parents discouraged her from studying art.
她的父母劝阻她学习艺术。
使灰心；使气馁；使丧失信心
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使灰心；使气馁；使丧失信心
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
Her parents discouraged her from studying art.
她的父母劝阻她学习艺术。
使失去勇气；使沮丧；使失去信心
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
劝阻某人不做某事
To persuade somebody not to do (something).
discourage
Base
原形
discourages
3rd person
第三人称单数
discouraging
-ing
现在分词
discouraged
Past
过去式
discouraged
Past participle
过去分词
His criticism discourages me.
他的批评使我泄气。
The bad news discouraged everyone.
那个坏消息使大家气馁。
The teacher is discouraging cheating.
老师正在劝阻作弊。
She has discouraged him from trying again.
她已经劝阻他不要再试了。
规则动词，过去式与过去分词加-ed，现在分词去e加-ing。
Don't let one bad grade discourage you; you can still improve.
别让一次糟糕的成绩使你气馁；你仍然可以提高。
The long wait discouraged her, but she stayed for the interview.
长时间的等待使她灰心，但她还是留下来参加了面试。
Repeated failures could discourage even the most determined student.
反复的失败可能会让最有决心的学生也感到气馁。
常用于劝阻某人不要做某事。
Her parents discouraged her from studying art.
她的父母劝阻她学习艺术。
主语常为事物，后接动名词。
The high cost discourages investing in new technology.
高昂的成本阻碍了对新技术的投资。
被动结构，表示感到泄气。
He was discouraged by the lack of progress.
他因缺乏进展而感到气馁。
Not this
He discouraged me to go.
Use this
He discouraged me from going.
discourage 后接 from doing，而不是 to do，因为阻止某人做某事需要介词 from。
Not this
I am discourage about the exam.
Use this
I am discouraged about the exam.
discourage 是动词，表示'使气馁'，而形容词形式是 discouraged，表示'感到气馁的'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
阻止某人做某事
The bad weather discouraged us from going out.
坏天气阻止了我们外出。
抑制投资
High taxes discourage investment in the region.
高税收抑制了对该地区的投资。
感到气馁
She felt discouraged after failing the exam.
考试失败后她感到气馁。
妨碍竞争
Monopolies discourage competition in the market.
垄断妨碍了市场竞争。
劝阻使用
The campaign discourages the use of plastic bags.
该运动劝阻使用塑料袋。
阻止企图
Strict laws discourage attempts at fraud.
严厉的法律阻止了欺诈企图。
不要让失败使你气馁；它只是成功的垫脚石。
Don't let failure discourage you; it's just a stepping stone to success.
不要让失败使你气馁；它只是成功的垫脚石。
永远不要让任何人阻止你追求梦想。
Never let anyone discourage you from pursuing your dreams.
永远不要让任何人阻止你追求梦想。
Use discourage naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
dis（否定）+ courage（勇气）= 使泄气。想象勇气被“dis”掉了，人就泄气了。
语域中性偏正式，常见于书面语和口语中表达劝阻或使气馁的语境。通常多用于正式或半正式场合，但日常对话中也时有使用。具体用法视搭配和语气而定。
All listed words share the '-age' spelling and the /ɪdʒ/ ending sound, but only courage (when pronounced /ˈkɜːrɪdʒ/) exactly rhymes with discourage's stressed syllable. The others have different stressed vowels (e.g., /æ/, /ɪ/, /ɔː/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.