High tuition costs can discourage talented students from pursuing advanced degrees in the sciences, limiting future innovation.
高昂的学费可能会使有才华的学生不愿攻读科学领域的高级学位，从而限制未来的创新。
Economist Julian Marsh contends that rent control policies discourage landlords from investing in new rental units, ultimately reducing the overall housing supply and making the housing shortage worse for everyone, including future tenants.
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Economist Larissa Boyko argues that raising the capital gains tax rate discourages long-term investment by reducing the after-tax return investors receive.
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Political scientist Ingrid Halvorsen counters that disclosure requirements can also discourage small, individual donors who fear harassment or professional repercussions for publicly supporting a controversial candidate, potentially reducing broad-based participation even as transparency improves.
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Which choice best defines “discourage”?
C — To make someone less confident or hopeful. “discourage” means to make someone less confident or hopeful.
Which word means “to make someone less confident or hopeful”?
A — discourage. “discourage” means to make someone less confident or hopeful.
discourage — to make someone less confident or hopeful. In Chinese: 使气馁，阻止.
discourage is pronounced /dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ/.
High tuition costs can discourage talented students from pursuing advanced degrees in the sciences, limiting future innovation. (高昂的学费可能会使有才华的学生不愿攻读科学领域的高级学位，从而限制未来的创新。)
deter, dishearten, dissuade — all close in meaning to discourage (to make someone less confident or hopeful).
encourage, promote — each the opposite of discourage (to make someone less confident or hopeful).
Yes. discourage is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.