Translations for discourage in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

discourage [Brit dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ, Am dɪsˈkərɪdʒ] VB trans

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1. discourage (dishearten):

discourage

to become discouraged

don't be discouraged!

ne te laisse pas décourager!

2. discourage (deter):

discourage

décourager (from de, from doing de faire)

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décourager

to discourage, to dishearten

décourager épargne, initiative, violence

to discourage

décourager personne

to put [sb] off, to discourage

décourager malfaiteur

to discourage, to deter

décourager qn de faire

to put sb off doing, to discourage sb from doing

Translations for discourage in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

discourage [dɪˈskʌrɪdʒ, Am -ˈskɜ:r-] VB trans

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1. discourage (dishearten):

discourage

2. discourage (dissuade):

discourage

to discourage sb from doing sth

dissuader qn de faire qc

3. discourage (oppose):

discourage

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décourager

to discourage

to discourage sb from doing sth

dissuader qn de faire qc

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Mental health professionals discourage use of these terms. en.wikipedia.org

For these reasons, the use of cryptsetup is discouraged with plain passphrases. en.wikipedia.org

To discourage the kid from a life of crime, the owner tells a story... en.wikipedia.org

Both her father and the dean discouraged her from attending the school. en.wikipedia.org

However, he has very low marks, for he feels very miserable and discouraged. en.wikipedia.org

He simply discourages us from attending to it. en.wikipedia.org

Accurate statistics are difficult to obtain as often cases are not reported or recorded due to societal attitudes that discourage this. en.wikipedia.org

Increasingly, medical ethics considers such actions to be medical paternalism and are discouraged in modern medicine. en.wikipedia.org

Institutionalized sexism in the educational system often encourages girls to study traditionally feminine subjects while discouraging them from studying math and science. en.wikipedia.org

Hash indexes are implemented, but discouraged because they can not be recovered after a crash or power loss. en.wikipedia.org

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