āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
discourage
/dÉĒskËĘÉšÉĒdâĘ/
to discourage
01
āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to officially forbid someone from doing a specific activity, usually to prevent it from happening
Transitive: to discourage an activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher discouraged cheating by implementing strict consequences.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻš āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause someone to lose enthusiasm, hope, or confidence, often by expressing negativity or criticism
Transitive: to discourage sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The constant criticism from his parents discouraged the aspiring musician.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent or persuade someone from taking a particular action or pursuing a specific course of action
Ditransitive: to discourage sb from sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The new policy will discourage employees from using company resources for personal matters.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
discouraged
discouragement
discouraging
discourage
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
