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1 discourage
[dɪ'skʌrɪdʒ]1) (dishearten) scoraggiare2) (deter) scoraggiare, dissuadere* * *1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) scoraggiare2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) scoraggiare3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) scoraggiare, dissuadere•* * *[dɪ'skʌrɪdʒ]1) (dishearten) scoraggiare2) (deter) scoraggiare, dissuadere -
2 discourage dis·cour·age vt
[dɪs'kʌrɪdʒ]1) (dishearten) scoraggiareI don't want to discourage you, but... — non vorrei scoraggiarti, ma...
2) (dissuade, deter) tentare di dissuadere -
3 (to) discourage
(to) discourage /dɪˈskʌrɪdʒ/v. t.1 scoraggiare: attempts to discourage waste, tentativi di scoraggiare gli sprechi; He was not discouraged by repeated setbacks, non è stato scoraggiato dai numerosi ostacoli2 dissuadere: We tried to discourage him from swimming across the river, abbiamo tentato di dissuaderlo dall'attraversare il fiume a nuoto3 (econ.) disincentivare; scoraggiare● ( USA) discouraged worker, chi ha perso la speranza di trovare lavoro. -
4 (to) discourage
(to) discourage /dɪˈskʌrɪdʒ/v. t.1 scoraggiare: attempts to discourage waste, tentativi di scoraggiare gli sprechi; He was not discouraged by repeated setbacks, non è stato scoraggiato dai numerosi ostacoli2 dissuadere: We tried to discourage him from swimming across the river, abbiamo tentato di dissuaderlo dall'attraversare il fiume a nuoto3 (econ.) disincentivare; scoraggiare● ( USA) discouraged worker, chi ha perso la speranza di trovare lavoro. -
5 inhibit
[ɪn'hɪbɪt]1) (restrain) inibire [person, reaction]; ostacolare [activity, progress]to inhibit sb. from doing — (prevent) impedire a qcn. di fare; (discourage) scoraggiare qcn. dal fare
* * *[in'hibit](to stop or hinder (eg someone from doing something).) inibire- inhibition* * *[ɪn'hɪbɪt]1) (restrain) inibire [person, reaction]; ostacolare [activity, progress]to inhibit sb. from doing — (prevent) impedire a qcn. di fare; (discourage) scoraggiare qcn. dal fare
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6 put off
1) (delay, defer) rinviare, rimandare [wedding, meeting] ( until a)2) (turn off) spegnere [light, radio, heating]; put off [sb.], put [sb.] off3) (fob off, postpone seeing) rimandare la visita di [ guest]4) (repel) [appearance, smell] disgustare, sconcertare; [manner, person] sconcertare5) BE (distract) disturbare, distrarre6) (drop off) fare scendere, lasciare [ passenger]* * *1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) spegnere2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) rinviare, rimandare3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) cancellare4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) disgustare* * *vt + adv1) (set down: passenger) far scendere2) (pospone, delay: match, decision) rimandare, rinviare, (guest) chiedere di rimandare la visita3) (discourage) far passare la voglia a4) (distract) distrarre5) (repel: smell) disgustare6) (switch off) spegnere* * *1) (delay, defer) rinviare, rimandare [wedding, meeting] ( until a)2) (turn off) spegnere [light, radio, heating]; put off [sb.], put [sb.] off3) (fob off, postpone seeing) rimandare la visita di [ guest]4) (repel) [appearance, smell] disgustare, sconcertare; [manner, person] sconcertare5) BE (distract) disturbare, distrarre6) (drop off) fare scendere, lasciare [ passenger]
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