The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
使泄气;使灰心
If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
"desperate demoralized people looking for work""felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem""the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
2. lacking in resolution;
"the accident left others discouraged about going there"