Tra từ discourage - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·cour·age [discourage discourages discouraged discouraging] BrE [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ] NAmE [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ] verb
1. to try to prevent sth or to prevent sb from doing sth, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it
•~ (doing) sth a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
•~ sb I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
•~ sb from doing sth His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
2. to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth
Syn: ↑dishearten
•~ sb Don't be discouraged by the first failure— try again!
•~ sb from doing sth The weather discouraged people from attending.
Opp: ↑encourage
Derived Words: ↑discouraged ▪ ↑discouraging ▪ ↑discouragingly
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal) + corage ‘courage’.

Thesaurus:
discourage verb
1. T
•a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
deter • • dissuade • • put sb off (sth) • • talk sb out of sth • • warn sb off (sth) •
Opp: encourage
discourage/deter/dissuade sb from doing sth
put sb off/talk sb out of/warn sb off doing sth
2. T, often passive
•Don't be discouraged by failure— try again!
daunt • • demoralize • • depress • • crush • |informal get sb down •
Opp: encourage

Example Bank:
•I'm not easily discouraged.
•Our system effectively discourages investment.
•Smoking is actively discouraged in the university.
•We tried to discourage him from resigning.
•Don't be discouraged by the first failure— try again!
•From boyhood he had been easily discouraged by obstacles in his path.
•High interest rates will discourage investment.
•I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
•The weather discouraged most people from attending.
•They are launching a new campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers.
•We strongly discourage competitive behaviour.

Example Bank:
•The response to our appeal has been rather discouraging.