1. | [u] 泄气;灰心a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do sth |
an atmosphere of discouragement and despair 灰心绝望的气氛 |
2. | [u] 阻止;阻拦;劝阻the action of trying to stop sth |
the government's discouragement of political protest 政府对政治抗议的阻拦 |
3. | [c] 使人泄气的事物;挫折a thing that discourages sb from doing sth |
Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up. 尽管遇到这么多挫折,她仍不气馁。 |