discourage詞義探秘3

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discourage
    vt. 使泄氣;使失去信心;使打消……的念頭。如:
     Don’t let one failure discourage you, try again.
     別失敗一次就泄氣,再試一次。
     His parents tried to discourage him from climbing the mountain.
     他的父母設(shè)法勸他不要去爬山。
    [注意] discourage sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
    [派生] discouraged adj. 灰心喪氣的,沮喪的
     discouraging adj. 令人泄氣的
     discouragement n. 泄氣,灰心;挫折
    [小試] 用discourage的適當(dāng)形式填空。
    1. He refused to give up in spite of many _______.
    2. Learners can feel _______ if an exercise is too difficult.
    3. It may be hard to do at first. Don’t let this _______ you.
    4. Today’s report on the economy is rather _______.
    Key: 1. discouragements 2. discouraged 3. discourage
     4. discouraging