Word · Frequency #21194
discouragements
沮丧；灰心；气馁
discouragements is the plural of discouragement.
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- 1.
The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
信心或热情的丧失；气馁
- 2.
The act of discouraging.
劝阻行为
- 3.
Anything that discourages.
令人气馁的事物
阻拦；劝阻；留难；反对；不赞成；信心或热情的丧失；气馁；劝阻行为；令人气馁的事物
In use
After failing the exam twice, she felt a deep sense of discouragement.
She tried to hide her discouragement when the project was cancelled.
Many students experience discouragement when they cannot solve a difficult math problem.
discouragement about/over sth
discouragement 后常接 about 或 over，表示对某事感到沮丧。
Her discouragement about the test result was obvious.
她对考试成绩的沮丧显而易见。
in discouragement
in discouragement 作状语，相当于“沮丧地”。
He shook his head in discouragement.
他沮丧地摇了摇头。
discouragement of sth/doing sth
discouragement of 后接名词或动名词，指劝阻或阻止某事的行动。
Connections
Collocations
- a sense of discouragement
- 一种沮丧感；灰心丧气的感觉
- After the rejection, a deep sense of discouragement settled over her.被拒绝后，一种深深的沮丧感笼罩着她。
- overcome discouragement
- 克服沮丧；从灰心中振作起来
- He worked hard to overcome his discouragement after the failed exam.考试失败后，他努力克服沮丧，振作起来。
- express discouragement
- 表示沮丧；流露出灰心
- Employees expressed discouragement at the sudden change in policy.员工们对政策的突然改变表示了沮丧。
- sink into discouragement
- 陷入沮丧；变得灰心
- Without support, young artists can easily sink into discouragement.没有支持，年轻艺术家很容易陷入沮丧。
- discouragement from doing something
- 对做某事的劝阻；阻拦某人做某事
- His parents' discouragement from traveling alone was based on safety concerns.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：dis-像'拿走'，courage是勇气，勇气被拿走，心里只剩沮丧(discouragement)。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语或报告、心理与教育讨论 discouragement 多用于较正式或书面语境，表示“灰心、沮丧”或“劝阻、阻碍”。日常口语更常说 discouraged 或 discourage，使用本词时通常带有书面或抽象色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 encouragement 与 discouragement 真正押韵（重读音节及以后均为 /kʌrɪdʒmənt/）。拼写相似的 management、arrangement、acknowledgment、disparagement 都以 -ment 结尾，但重读元音或音节位置不同，不押韵，注意不要被拼写误导。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.