The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

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But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.

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英语六级真题

Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation.

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These should discourage retailers from wasteful practices that lead to the rejection of food on the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and losses in the home due to excessive purchasing by consumers

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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

使泄气;使灰心

If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
例句
It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you. 万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
VERB

打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻

To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it.
例句
...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities. 使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风 ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking. 劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动

英汉词典释义

vt.
使气馁; 使沮丧；使泄气；使丧失信心
Don't let one failure discourage you. 勿因一次失败而气馁。
阻碍; 劝阻
We discourage smoking in this school. 在这所学校里我们劝阻吸烟。

英英词典释义

Verb
1. try to prevent; show opposition to;
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;
"I warned him not to go too far""I warn you against false assumptions""She warned him to be quiet"