📖 Определения и значения для слова discourage
📒 to try to prevent something or to prevent somebody from doing something, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it
- discourage (doing) something a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
- discourage somebody I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
- discourage somebody from doing something His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
📒 to make somebody feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing something
- discourage somebody/something Don't be discouraged by the first failure—try again!
- discourage somebody from doing something The weather discouraged people from attending.
- I'm not easily discouraged.