discourage betydelse and definition

Betydelse av discourage på svenska

• 0 to make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something:

  • The thought of how much work she had to do discouraged her.

• 1 to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something, by making things difficult or unpleasant, or by showing disapproval:

  • a campaign to discourage people from smoking

  • The authorities have put tanks on the streets to discourage any protest.

• 2 to cause someone to feel less confident or less hopeful:

  • She sometimes got discouraged about her social life, which was going nowhere, she felt.

• 3 to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely:

  • We tried to discourage him from spending so much money.

  • Higher taxes could discourage business investment.

  • The tough competition discourages many athletes from making a serious attempt to make the Olympic team.