| 词组 | discourage |
| 释义 | discourage When discourage is used with a preposition, it is usually from, which in turn is often followed by a gerund phrase as its object: • ... some employers discourage them from taking that much time —David Butwin, Saturday Rev., 23 Oct. 1971 Occasionally discourage from is followed by a noun phrase: • ... directors who ... are being discouraged from the normal play of their talents —Gilbert Seldes, Perspectives USA, Summer 1953 Discourage has also been used occasionally with into and with as the following examples show: • ... a generally negative attitude toward the environment had almost discouraged me into discounting my own high estimation of that exceptional project —John Lear, Saturday Rev., 6 Nov. 1971 • ... certain books which ... tend to discourage us rather with Renanian irony and pity —Edmund Wilson, Axel's Castle, 1931 |
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