discourage/dɪs'kʌrɪʤ $ -'kɜːr-/

v.

➊ make sb less confident or less willing to do sth

➋ try to prevent sb from doing sth by showing it is difficult or bad

v. [T]

➊ 使灰心，使丧失信心：The teacher's comments discouraged him. 老师的评语让他灰心。

➋ 劝阻，阻拦：[discourage sb from doing sth] He discouraged me from watching too much TV. 他劝我不要看太多电视。

构词dis- + courage

常犯错误

✗ I tried to discourage him to annoy others.

✓ I tried to discourage him from annoying others. 我劝他不要烦扰别人。