動詞 discourage:

1. try to prevent; show opposition to
   同義詞：deter
2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
   同義詞：warn, admonish, monish

1. A new law has been brought in to discourage racial prejudice.
   一項反對種族歧視的新法律已被提出。
2. Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.
   不要讓屬下對你這樣不拘禮儀。
3. He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.
   他遇到困難和阻礙就容易泄氣。
4. Inflation discourages saving.
   通貨膨脹阻礙儲蓄的積累。
5. I was never discouraged against learning English.
   我從未對學(xué)習(xí)英語失去信心。

dis.cour.age

v.tr.（及物動詞）
dis.cour.aged,dis.cour.ag.ing,dis.cour.ag.es
To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
使泄氣：使失去信心、希望或精神
To hamper by discouraging; deter.
通過泄氣來阻止；阻擋
To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
阻止，勸阻：試圖通過不贊成或反對來阻止

來源：
Middle English discoragen
中古英語 discoragen
from Old French descoragier
源自 古法語 descoragier
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.剝奪，除去.的意思]
corage [courage] * see courage
corage [勇氣] *參見 courage

【引伸】
discour.ageable
adj.（形容詞）
discour.ager
n.（名詞）
discour.agingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>discourage,dishearten,dispiritThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make less hopeful or enthusiastic.:
這些動詞的中心意思都是：.使泄氣，使失去熱情.：
例句：
discouraged by the magnitude of the problem;
由于問題重大而喪失勇氣；

例句：
lack of interest that disheartened the instructor;
缺乏興趣使教員很泄氣；

例句：
a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuade encourage
使整個隊感到灰心的失敗 參見同義詞 dissuadeencourage