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词汇 discouragement
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Definition of discouragement in English:

discouragement

noun dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒm(ə)ntˌdɪsˈkərɪdʒmənt
  • 1mass noun A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.

    do not give in to discouragement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pastor who cannot manage a growing church will be filled with frustration and discouragement.
    • The feeling of discouragement usually goes away within a reasonable length of time.
    • I will never surrender to discouragement or despair no matter what seeming obstacles may confront me.
    • This will prevent the mind from sinking into discouragement or aimlessness.
    • Their own families have never uttered a word of discouragement.
    • It takes both perseverance and technical knowledge to avoid discouragement and get to the good eats.
    • You must resist this discouragement by having the attitude that there is no pain you will not endure for spiritual victory.
    • Most people give up upon hearing a negative response or discouragement.
    • The female looks at them with an air of discouragement.
    • Let us go on with our work as briskly as possible, whatever temporary discouragements we may meet with.
    • Editor after editor has resigned in quiet discouragement over profit pressures in recent years.
    • They are the people fatigue and discouragement will take down first.
    • Without the added burden of discouragement, the freedom of emotional release becomes inevitable.
    • Their discouragement produced symptoms of the psychological harm called learned helplessness.
    • Each in turn rescued Matisse from deep discouragement by providing a way to kick-start his imagination.
    • During the resultant three-hour detour, we encountered sundry additional discouragements.
    • When love is functioning properly in our lives it dispels discouragement, despondency and despair.
    • Such labelling has serious consequences for all members of the group concerned, often leading to discouragement.
    • Our goals should be high enough to motivate yet realistic enough to avoid discouragement.
    • This serves as a discouragement to help the poor.
    Synonyms
    dispiritedness, downheartedness, dejection, depression, demoralization, disappointment, despondency, hopelessness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of confidence, pessimism, despair, gloom, gloominess, low spirits
    informal cold feet
    deterrent, disincentive
    hindrance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, curb, check, damper, restraint, constraint, restriction
    dissuasion
    informal put-down
    archaic damp
  • 2An attempt to prevent something by showing disapproval or creating difficulties; deterrent.

    the discouragement of crime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Setting aside the discouragement of friends, they packed their bags and got ready to leave.
    • This is a discouragement to States from using the qualifications contained, for example, in Arts 8-11 for illegitimate purposes.
    • I would advocate active discouragement of such appeals.
    • If Chan had taken my class, he would have heard my discouragement of naming names or political parties.
    • And the discouragement of games in public places intensifies the problem.
    • There is far too many who seem to believe they have a ministry of discouragement.
    • I cannot see that there is any discouragement of the implementation of a higher standard if the Member State chooses to impose it.
    • The South Korean government is also slowly changing its long-time discouragement of foreign participation in the economy.
    • There is no logic in this — the idea ought to be a stimulus instead of a discouragement.
    • Honestly, I have never given him any form of encouragement, and believe me, I have taken every possible opportunity for discouragement.
    • Heath pursued his European vision against every discouragement.
    • And none of this is meant as a discouragement from investing in Kino's superb new seven-disc Griffith package.
    • One of the great sins of the Christian church is the discouragement of doubting.
    • There is a stronger tradition of discouragement of close modeling of writing than there is of close modeling of imagery.
    • There is further discouragement for the players in that in the workplace only 3 % of reinstatement appeals are successful.
    • Despite official discouragement of settlement, Newfoundland became de facto the first overseas British colony.
    • She is a working model of how an individual can use this right despite the discouragement of outside parties.
    • I think one of the great losses in all of this trouble has been the discouragement of women from performing.

Definition of discouragement in US English:

discouragement

nounˌdɪsˈkərɪdʒməntˌdisˈkərijmənt
  • 1A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.

    do not give in to discouragement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their own families have never uttered a word of discouragement.
    • I will never surrender to discouragement or despair no matter what seeming obstacles may confront me.
    • Our goals should be high enough to motivate yet realistic enough to avoid discouragement.
    • They are the people fatigue and discouragement will take down first.
    • Let us go on with our work as briskly as possible, whatever temporary discouragements we may meet with.
    • During the resultant three-hour detour, we encountered sundry additional discouragements.
    • The feeling of discouragement usually goes away within a reasonable length of time.
    • When love is functioning properly in our lives it dispels discouragement, despondency and despair.
    • Each in turn rescued Matisse from deep discouragement by providing a way to kick-start his imagination.
    • Such labelling has serious consequences for all members of the group concerned, often leading to discouragement.
    • Most people give up upon hearing a negative response or discouragement.
    • The female looks at them with an air of discouragement.
    • It takes both perseverance and technical knowledge to avoid discouragement and get to the good eats.
    • This serves as a discouragement to help the poor.
    • Without the added burden of discouragement, the freedom of emotional release becomes inevitable.
    • This will prevent the mind from sinking into discouragement or aimlessness.
    • You must resist this discouragement by having the attitude that there is no pain you will not endure for spiritual victory.
    • Their discouragement produced symptoms of the psychological harm called learned helplessness.
    • Editor after editor has resigned in quiet discouragement over profit pressures in recent years.
    • The pastor who cannot manage a growing church will be filled with frustration and discouragement.
    Synonyms
    dispiritedness, downheartedness, dejection, depression, demoralization, disappointment, despondency, hopelessness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of confidence, pessimism, despair, gloom, gloominess, low spirits
    deterrent, disincentive
  • 2An attempt to prevent something by showing disapproval or creating difficulties; deterrent.

    the discouragement of crime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I cannot see that there is any discouragement of the implementation of a higher standard if the Member State chooses to impose it.
    • If Chan had taken my class, he would have heard my discouragement of naming names or political parties.
    • And the discouragement of games in public places intensifies the problem.
    • Despite official discouragement of settlement, Newfoundland became de facto the first overseas British colony.
    • I think one of the great losses in all of this trouble has been the discouragement of women from performing.
    • And none of this is meant as a discouragement from investing in Kino's superb new seven-disc Griffith package.
    • This is a discouragement to States from using the qualifications contained, for example, in Arts 8-11 for illegitimate purposes.
    • One of the great sins of the Christian church is the discouragement of doubting.
    • I would advocate active discouragement of such appeals.
    • There is a stronger tradition of discouragement of close modeling of writing than there is of close modeling of imagery.
    • There is no logic in this — the idea ought to be a stimulus instead of a discouragement.
    • The South Korean government is also slowly changing its long-time discouragement of foreign participation in the economy.
    • There is far too many who seem to believe they have a ministry of discouragement.
    • Setting aside the discouragement of friends, they packed their bags and got ready to leave.
    • Heath pursued his European vision against every discouragement.
    • She is a working model of how an individual can use this right despite the discouragement of outside parties.
    • Honestly, I have never given him any form of encouragement, and believe me, I have taken every possible opportunity for discouragement.
    • There is further discouragement for the players in that in the workplace only 3 % of reinstatement appeals are successful.
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