discourage

动词 discourage:

1. try to prevent; show opposition to
   同义词：deter
2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
   同义词：warn, admonish, monish

1. A new law has been brought in to discourage racial prejudice.
   一项反对种族歧视的新法律已被提出。
2. Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.
   不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪。
3. He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.
   他遇到困难和阻碍就容易泄气。
4. Inflation discourages saving.
   通货膨胀阻碍储蓄的积累。
5. I was never discouraged against learning English.
   我从未对学习英语失去信心。

dis.cour.age

v.tr.（及物动词）
dis.cour.aged,dis.cour.ag.ing,dis.cour.ag.es
To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
使泄气：使失去信心、希望或精神
To hamper by discouraging; deter.
通过泄气来阻止；阻挡
To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
阻止，劝阻：试图通过不赞成或反对来阻止

来源：
Middle English discoragen
中古英语 discoragen
from Old French descoragier
源自 古法语 descoragier
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.剥夺，除去.的意思]
corage [courage] * see courage
corage [勇气] *参见 courage

【引伸】
discour.ageable
adj.（形容词）
discour.ager
n.（名词）
discour.agingly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>discourage,dishearten,dispiritThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make less hopeful or enthusiastic.:
这些动词的中心意思都是：.使泄气，使失去热情.：
例句：
discouraged by the magnitude of the problem;
由于问题重大而丧失勇气；

例句：
lack of interest that disheartened the instructor;
缺乏兴趣使教员很泄气；

例句：
a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuade encourage
使整个队感到灰心的失败 参见同义词 dissuadeencourage