discourage
v. 阻攔; 使灰心
If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
萬事開頭難,別因此而灰心。
To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it.
...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
使購物和休閒活動化為泡影的颱風
...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
勸阻兒童遠離香菸的運動
1. try to prevent; show opposition to;
2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;
It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.
這真是倒楣透頂的事; 我儘量地潑冷水.
Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.
不要讓屬下對你這樣不拘禮儀.
The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
不停的動亂和日常生活的平凡活動看來會阻礙或者至少會使人不能安靜地集中思考.
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人們對這種次要的工作不加以阻止.
Ms Worth hopes the pictures will discourage people from taking up smoking in the first place.
沃斯女士希望這些圖片,讓人們在接觸煙盒時就選擇放棄.
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