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dis·cour·age·ment
/-mənt/
挫折,沮喪,氣餒;阻礙,攔阻
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dis·cour·age·ment
n.
1.
The
act
of
discouraging
,
or
the
state
of
being
discouraged
;
depression
or
weakening
of
confidence
;
dejection
.
2.
That
which
discourages
;
that
which
deters
,
or
tends
to
deter
,
from
an
undertaking
,
or
from
the
prosecution
of
anything
;
a
determent
;
as
,
the
revolution
was
commenced
under
every
possible
discouragement
.
“
Discouragements
from
vice.”
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
discouragement
n
1:
the
feeling
of
despair
in
the
face
of
obstacles
[
syn
:
disheartenment
,
dismay
]
2:
the
expression
of
opposition
and
disapproval
[
ant
:
encouragement
]
3:
the
act
of
discouraging
; "
the
discouragement
of
petty
theft
"
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