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discourage

/ d??sk?r?d?; d?sˋk??d?/ v.

(1) discourage sb (from doing sth): take away sbs confidence or hope of doing sth 使某人喪失（做某事的）信心; 使某人泄氣:

Dont discourage her; shes doing her best. 別泄她的氣, 她正盡力做呢。

(2) try to stop (sth) 設法阻止（某事物）:

Parents should discourage smoking. 做父母的應該設法阻止子女吸煙。

(3) discourage sb from doing sth: persuade sb not to do sth 勸某人不要做某事:

Parents should discourage their children from smoking. 做父母的應該勸子女不要吸煙。

discouraged adj.discouragement n.

(1) [U] action of discouraging; state of feeling discouraged 勸阻; 泄氣

(2) [C] thing that discourages 使人泄氣的事物; 挫折:

Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up. 她盡管遇到許多挫折, 卻仍然不氣餒。

discouraging adj:

a discouraging result, reply 使人泄氣的結果﹑ 回答

【近義詞、固定搭配和習語】

discourage sb from doing 勸阻某人做某事

discourage him from going alone 勸他不要獨自去

hinder sb / sth from doing: prevent the progress of sb/sth; obstruct or delay sb/sth 阻礙﹑ 妨礙某人[某事物]的進展; 阻撓或耽擱某人[某事物]:

hinder sb (from working) 妨礙某人（工作）

prevent sb from doing: stop or hinder sb/sth 阻止或妨礙某人做某事

prevent the spread of a disease/a disease from spreading 防止某種疾病的蔓延

* Nobody can prevent us/our getting married. 誰也阻止不了我們結婚.

* Your prompt action prevented a serious accident. 你由於動作敏捷而防止了一次嚴重事故。

prohibit sth/sb (from doing sth): forbid sth or sb from doing sth esp by laws, rules or regulations 禁止某事物或某人做某事（尤指以法令﹑ 規章或條例）:

Smoking is prohibited. 禁止吸煙。

* a regulation to prohibit parking in the city centre 禁止在市中心區停車的規定

* The law prohibits tobacconists from selling cigarettes to children. 法律禁止煙販向兒童出售香煙。

inhibit sb (from sth/doing sth): prevent sb from doing sth that should be natural or easy to do 使某人不能做輕易可做的事: Shyness inhibited him from speaking. 他因害羞而說不出話來。