His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。
Don't be
discouraged by failure.
不要因为失败就灰心丧气。
Don't let one failure discourage you.
勿因一次失败而气馁。
Last week, Bloomberg quoted sources as saying that the White House "strongly discouraged" the US chipmaking heavyweight Intel Corp from ramping up chip production in China.
上周，彭博社援引消息人士的话说，白宫“强烈劝阻”美国芯片制造巨头英特尔公司在中国增加芯片产量。
The shortage of traffic, in turn, discouraged content curators from joining games, thus forming a seemingly vicious circle.
Chu once said people have good times and difficult times: "When faced with difficult situations, you should not be discouraged, while in good times, you should not be proud.
The United Kingdom’s reported conclusion that any alleged risk from using Huawei equipment is manageable is expected to help the Chinese company secure more votes of confidence from European countries, dealing a blow to US efforts to discourage its allies from using the company’s products in 5G telecom networks, experts said on Monday.
It's not only the trade dispute－a weaker yuan has also discouraged some Chinese from traveling abroad.
It’s not only the trade dispute — a weaker yuan also has discouraged some Chinese from traveling abroad.
Trump is trying to discourage US manufacturers from shifting production overseas due to the tariffs, as Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc last month said it would do.
But the judge discouraged the government from asking him to put his ruling on hold pending appeal.
It is an opportunity to bring our pharmaceutical scientists, medical device scientists, and even our consumer behavior scientists together to see how could we discourage people from smoking in the first place, detect cancer earlier in the metastatic process, and bring about more holistic approaches combining therapeutic and surgical intervention at the right time and place to ultimately find a way to care for lung cancer comprehensively.
In addition, lowered shale-gas subsidies may also discourage developers, while ample supply from domestic conventional gas, LNG, pipeline imports, and cheap oil might also impede shale gas development, she said.
Recovery in the property sector still faces a key obstacle, as many presold housing projects are not delivered on time, which has discouraged families from buying properties, and made it even harder for real estate developers to secure sufficient funding to deliver such homes, Lu said.
Li noted that some inappropriate discussions and rumors about private entrepreneurs last year have discouraged them to some extent, but China's policies on the private sector have always been consistent.
"While inflation and the rising cost of living discourage consumers from paying a premium for sustainable products, we are delighted to see consumers opting for more frugal alternative brands and alternatives to achieve sustainable behaviors, or looking for a more efficient and sustainable lifestyle," said Zheng Mingju, managing partner of retail and consumer products at EY Greater China.
Dedicated efforts will be made to advance structural adjustments and discourage projects with high energy consumption.
Foreign visitors entering Thailand from all parts of the world will be treated equally and no special public health measures will be implemented to discourage travelers from any particular country.
There were no restrictions on individual travelers, however, they were discouraged from cross-provincial trips.
More specifically, down payments and interest rates for first-time homebuyers will remain stable, but speculative activities will be more widely discouraged.
He also suggested implementing policy measures to increase steel imports and discourage exports of steel billets and low-end products in order to reduce crude steel output through easing domestic demand.
Liu said there was a time when there were just three consumers in his virtual store, which discouraged him so much he wanted to quit e-sales and do something else in life.
However, discouraged by the global pandemic situation, domestic tourists will likely travel to destinations in China, accelerating short-distance trips.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has discouraged outbound tourism, luxury brands are eager to collaborate with domestic duty-free retailing sector to boost consumption within the country.
Although group tours across provinces are still suspended and outbound travel is discouraged, the number of domestic trips to be made in the holiday is estimated to be over twice the number of that made in the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day holiday in April.
While minor new tariffs are possible, the risks that new tariffs would pose to financial markets and the economy will likely discourage the White House from raising tariff rates marginally in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he will seek opportunities to partner with China in developing nuclear energy despite the recent suspension of a joint venture between TerraPower, based in the United States, and a top Chinese nuclear-power producer that has discouraged bilateral cooperation in energy innovations.
The rationale behind it, if you can call it that, is to discourage the purchase of cars.
When Mr N tries to return it, the scientist tells him that these erratic actions are deliberate and intended to discourage the owner from leading a sedentary lifestyle.
However, one must not "get discouraged because something that's worthwhile doing is difficult", he said.
The term "mileage anxiety" was once a roadblock that discouraged people away from electric cars.
It found the top factors that discourage people to use shared cars are handling traffic accident-related problems and untidy cabins.
Bloomberg reported that China is planning to stop offering subsidies for electric cars and other new-energy vehicles as the Ministry of Finance works on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the incentives to discourage protectionism and help rein in government expenditure, which may undermine demand for autos made by new energy vehicle makers.
Wang said: "The conventional way of work may not produce results soon, which would get people discouraged, but unconventional measures are risky themselves.
The rules will discourage banks' wealth-management businesses from excessive allocation of customer assets under management to riskier shadow banking products, also known as nonstandard products.
For instance, fewer outdoor activities and work resumption delay would discourage the borrowing demand of consumers and certain industries.
The China Banking Association, a self-regulatory organization of the Chinese banking sector, also discouraged its members from blacklisting people who temporarily lose their sources of income and are therefore likely to default on their personal loans or credit cards.
Measures are also being studied to discourage companies from investing in sophisticated foreign exchange derivative products that are beyond their professional capabilities, according to Sun.
Concerns on potential default risks might have discouraged them to increase holdings in asset allocations.
Besides, the shortage of liquidity also discouraged the lenders, said Sun.
Fed Chairman Jerome H. Powell told a news conference after the Fed's two-day meeting that the economy has strenghtened significantly since the financial crisis and is approaching a "normal" level where monetary policy may no longer be needed to either encourage or discourage economic activity.
Instead, she said, it will primarily discourage financial institutions' motivation to develop shadow banking business, a key reason that has facilitated the credit boom and elevated leverage when cash-starved lenders select short-term and little-regulated risky investment vehicles.
Speculative investors will be discouraged from obtaining insurance licenses and using insurance companies as financing platforms for certain interest groups, Zhu said.
Experts have pointed out that Hong Kong needs to further develop a more active bond market with deeper liquidity to boost its attractiveness as a financing and investment platform because infrastructure-related bonds often have a relatively longer duration which may discourage investment.
The move has helped discourage bearish bets after the central bank sent signals to the market about its intention to guide the currency moving toward a more stable trend.
"On this basis, China's decision to incorporate a 'counter cyclical factor' into its yuan's pricing mechanism further discouraged short-sellers.
Zhongtai Securities said in a note the CSRC's stated stance on stock splits will likely discourage the practice this year.
Calling on law enforcement agencies and judicial authorities to focus on cases involving bribery, he suggested that general legal awareness should be strengthened to discourage people from benefiting through the offer of bribes.