Betekenis van:
discourage
to discourage
Werkwoord
- try to prevent; show opposition to
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to discourage
Werkwoord
- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
Hyponiemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Let's not discourage Tom.
- She did not let failure discourage her.
- Tom doesn't want to discourage Mary.
- Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.
- I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.
- Therefore, the procedures should discourage listening to, or reading, complex information while driving.
- The security should be at a level sufficiently high to discourage speculative applications, but not so high as to discourage those engaged in genuine commercial activity in relation to processed fruit and vegetable products.
- the risk of “crowding out”. The presence of publicly supported measures may discourage other potential investors from providing capital.
- Advertisements should give a broad description of knowledge and competencies required, and should not be so specialised as to discourage suitable applicants.
- drawing attention to the potential implications for international peace and security of withdrawal from the NPT. Urging the adoption of measures to discourage withdrawal from the said Treaty;
- A coherent reform of the tax and benefit system should therefore further discourage welfare dependency and ensure that regular work pays.
- Therefore, the procedures should discourage listening to, or reading, complex information while driving. They should not put the employee in a position where they are required to make difficult business decisions ‘live’ on the phone.
- It explains that it is now suffering another kind of loss resulting from the changes to the pricing policy of CELF, which it has been applying ‘for at least two years terms that discourage small accounts’ [18], [19].
- Therefore, the procedures should discourage listening to, or reading, complex information while driving. They should not put employees in a position where they are required to make difficult business decisions ‘live’ on the phone.
- Considering the size of the company and the anticipated amount of the investment, this insecure financial situation is a factor which may in itself discourage any investor operating according to the principles of the market economy.’