discouragement

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒmənt]

n.  泄气; 灰心; 阻止; 阻拦; 劝阻; 使人泄气的事物; 挫折

复数：discouragements　

BNC.21194 / COCA.22982

牛津词典

noun

• 泄气；灰心
  a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do sth
  1. an atmosphere of discouragement and despair
     灰心绝望的气氛
• 阻止；阻拦；劝阻
  the action of trying to stop sth
  1. the government's discouragement of political protest
     政府对政治抗议的阻拦
• 使人泄气的事物；挫折
  a thing that discourages sb from doing sth
  1. Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up.
     尽管遇到这么多挫折，她仍不气馁。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 阻止;阻拦;劝阻
  Discouragementis the act of trying to make someone not want to do something.
  1. He persevered despite discouragement from those around him.
     尽管周围一片劝阻声，他还是锲而不舍。
• N-COUNT 使人泄气的事物;挫折
  Adiscouragementis something that makes you unwilling to do something because you are afraid of the consequences.
  1. Uncertainty is a discouragement to investment.
     不确定性令投资者裹足不前。

英英释义

noun

• the act of discouraging
  1. the discouragement of petty theft
• the expression of opposition and disapproval
• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  Synonym:disheartenmentdismay

双语例句

• The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc..
  当面对某人优越的声望、财富和地位时受挫折的感觉。
• Our ego is often the primary cause of our feelings of disappointment and discouragement.
  自负往往是造成失落感和沮丧的最主要缘由。
• Used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.
  特别是用来指受挫折或者气馁的感觉。
• Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement among theatre directors.
  上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。
• Sorrow, failure, disappointment, and discouragement.
  痛苦、失败、失望与沮丧的人。
• The people who we spend the most time with might be a major contributing factor to feeling discouragement.
  和我们相处最久的那些人也许是带来沮丧的最大因素。
• Once market participants focus on that and have a more refined, more nuanced, understanding of the risks and the support features in the municipal sector, I think that acts as a discouragement to a more panicked reaction.
  我认为，一旦市场参与者开始关注于此，并对市政债券市场的风险与支撑特点有了更细致、更关注细节的理解，就会对恐慌反应起到劝阻作用。
• This mistake probably seems obvious, but as anyone who's been on a lengthy job hunt can tell you, discouragement is easy to come by.
  这个错误大概是显而易见，但是正如任何一位曾经长期求职的人会对你说的一样，气馁很容易出现。
• He persevered despite discouragement from those around him.
  尽管周围一片劝阻声，他还是锲而不舍。
• According to Maxwell, the first hurdle is discouragement.
  依照麦斯威尔的说法，第一个障碍是沮丧。