discourages

/dɪˈskɝː.ɪdʒ/

动词

使泄气，给…泼冷水，使心灰意冷
The thought of how much work she had to do discouraged her.
一想到还有那么多工作得做她就泄了气。
（试图）阻挠，为…设置障碍，阻止
a campaign to discourage people from smoking
阻止人们吸烟的运动