Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #5260
discourage
使灰心；使气馁；使丧失信心
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- 1.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
使失去勇气；使沮丧；使失去信心
- 2.
To persuade somebody not to do (something).
劝阻某人不做某事
使失去勇气；使沮丧；使失去信心；劝阻某人不做某事；使气馁；阻碍
In use
Don't let one bad grade discourage you; you can still improve.
The long wait discouraged her, but she stayed for the interview.
Repeated failures could discourage even the most determined student.
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。
discourage doing sth.
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。
be discouraged (by sth.)
被动结构，表示感到泄气。
Connections
Collocations
- discourage someone from doing something
- 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。
- discourage investment
- 抑制投资
- High taxes discourage investment in the region.高税收抑制了对该地区的投资。
- feel discouraged
- 感到气馁
- She felt discouraged after failing the exam.考试失败后她感到气馁。
- discourage competition
- 妨碍竞争
- Monopolies discourage competition in the market.垄断妨碍了市场竞争。
- discourage the use of
- 劝阻使用
- The campaign discourages the use of plastic bags.该运动劝阻使用塑料袋。
- discourage attempts
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dis（否定）+ courage（勇气）= 使泄气。想象勇气被“dis”掉了，人就泄气了。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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