discouragement
UK [dɪ'skʌr.ɪdʒ.mənt] US [-'skɝ:-] noun
MAKING LESS CONFIDENT 心灰意冷的
countable or uncountable
■when you have lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something 泄气的，垂头丧气的，心灰意冷的•a feeling of discouragement心灰意冷的感觉
UK [dɪ'skʌr.ɪdʒ.mənt] US [-'skɝ:-] noun
PREVENTING 阻止
uncountable
■actions to prevent or try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something 阻止某事发生的行动；劝阻某人做某事的行动•the discouragement of any direct action阻止任何直接行动 |