discouragement是什么意思？

discouragement

英[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt] 美[dɪsˈkɜrɪdʒmənt]

• n. 沮丧，使人泄气的事物，阻止，劝阻；

复数：discouragements;

例句

• The loud music was a discouragement to conversation. 吵闹的音乐妨碍了别人谈话。
• The unfavorable reviews of his first novel were a great discouragement to him. 他第一本小说所得的不利评论令他极其灰心丧气。
• an atmosphere of discouragement and despair 灰心绝望的气氛
• Faith must be dead to doubt, clumb to discouragement impossibilities. 信念就是对怀疑, 沮丧和不可能的一概否定.
• 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。
• Uncertainty is a discouragement to investment. 不确定性令投资者裹足不前。
• He persevered despite discouragement from those around him. 尽管周围一片劝阻声，他还是锲而不舍。
• ...active discouragement from teachers. 教师们的竭力阻挠

反义词

• n.
  discouragement的反义词之：沮丧;气馁;障碍
  encouragement,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  阻止;阻拦;劝阻
  Discouragement is the act of trying to make someone not want to do something.
  例句
  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
  A discouragement is something that makes you unwilling to do something because you are afraid of the consequences.
  例句
  Uncertainty is a discouragement to investment. 不确定性令投资者裹足不前。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  使人泄气的事物
  The unfavorable reviews of his first novel were a great discouragement to him. 他第一本小说所得的不利评论令他极其灰心丧气。
  阻止;劝阻
  The loud music was a discouragement to conversation. 吵闹的音乐妨碍了别人谈话。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  2. the expression of opposition and disapproval
  3. the act of discouraging;
  "the discouragement of petty theft"