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1 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 -
2 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]
См. также в других словарях:
discourage — dis|cour|age [dısˈkʌrıdʒ US ˈkə:r ] v [T] 1.) to persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or bad ≠ ↑encourage ▪ attempts to discourage illegal immigration discourage sb from doing sth ▪ My father is a lawyer,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
discourage — verb (T) 1 to prevent or try to prevent someone from doing something by making the action difficult or unpleasant, or by showing them that it would not be a good thing to do: You should install locks on all your windows to discourage burglars. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
freeze somebody out (of something) — ˌfreeze sbˈout (of sth) derived (informal) to be deliberately unfriendly to sb, creating difficulties, etc. in order to stop or ↑discourage them from doing sth or taking part in sth Main entry: ↑freezederived … Useful english dictionary
practice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 actual doing of sth VERB + PRACTICE ▪ put sth into ▪ I can t wait to put what I ve learned into practice. PREPOSITION ▪ in practice ▪ … Collocations dictionary
kick — 1 verb 1 HIT WITH YOUR FOOT (I, T) to hit something with your foot: She kicked me under the table. | Joe, stop kicking! | kick sth down/over etc: The police kicked the door down. | kick sth around/towards etc: Billy was kicking a ball around the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
