動(dòng)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(xiàng)反對(duì)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(duì)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(chǔ)蓄的積累。
5. I was never discouraged against learning English.
   我從未對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)失去信心。

dis.cour.age

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)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(guò)泄氣來(lái)阻止；阻擋
To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
阻止，勸阻：試圖通過(guò)不贊成或反對(duì)來(lái)阻止

來(lái)源：
Middle English discoragen
中古英語(yǔ) discoragen
from Old French descoragier
源自 古法語(yǔ) descoragier
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.剝奪，除去.的意思]
corage [courage] * see courage
corage [勇氣] *參見(jiàn) 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(dòng)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(wèn)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(gè)隊(duì)感到灰心的失敗 參見(jiàn)同義詞 dissuadeencourage