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。
More importantly, the company has made huge investment in a new packaging assembly line, which resulted in the recent discouraging numbers.
Project Sunflower is RELX's latest step in upgrading the RELX Guardian Program, a company-wide initiative that stretches from product development to marketing and sales, aimed at preventing and discouraging the use of vapor products by minors.
"It is kind of discouraging, but it's motivating me to be out here with my union brothers and sisters," he told The Flint Journal.
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.
The company also unveiled an Intelligent Study System featuring algorithms to tailor courses for each individual, so that they can challenge students without discouraging them to the extent that they give up.
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.
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.
"In general, a higher gold price is usually discouraging for gold consumption, especially gold jewelry demand.
There are also voices discouraging the second choice, as they argue it is simply making inefficient investments, which will lead to a series of problems such as debt risk and economic distortion.
Indeed, with a discouraging external environment — the global purchasing managers index continues to decline, the trade order index is still in contractionary territory, the currency index continues a downtrend and global investment is declining — it is natural to think in a pessimistic way about the nation's foreign trade, not to mention that some of the leading trade parameters, such as the export delivery index, new orders index and container index, are all telling a similar story.
"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.
"To prevent the spread of COVID-19, local authorities are discouraging workers from going back to hometowns for celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday.
"Other financial centers like Hong Kong, London, Tokyo and even Shanghai will be competing for the Chinese listings that the US is now discouraging.
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.
Governments can encourage more sustainable transport choices while discouraging highly polluted options by adopting and enforcing legislation.
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.
Coupled with government restrictions due to new COVID-19 cases, such as curbs on interregional travel and discouraging public gatherings, activity was subdued in some offline services, said Xin.
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.
The main measures to implement an oil cap include gradually phasing out traditional petrol and diesel vehicles (or internal combustion engine vehicles) in the transportation sector, imposing stricter energy efficiency standards in other sectors, and prohibiting or discouraging use of certain plastic products, it suggested.
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.
Battery failure is a long-standing problem in the new energy vehicle industry, discouraging potential buyers.
Subsidy cuts said to be discouraging buyers from shelling out for electric carSales of new energy vehicles are likely to see negative growth this year in the world's largest vehicle market, said the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
China's largest electric car maker BJEV is championing the battery swap service as reduced government subsidies, long charging times and battery-induced fire accidents are discouraging potential buyers in the world's biggest new energy vehicle market.
It found the top factors that discourage people to use shared cars are handling traffic accident-related problems and untidy cabins.
For an industry insider surnamed Huang, the new rule will play its role by discouraging false invoices by agencies or those who deliberately under-invoiced the taxable price.
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.
From the perspective of consumers, exaggerated and misleading marketing, complicated application procedure, low efficiency in claim settlements are discouraging them from buying insurance.
The latest regulatory requirements for commercial banks' online lending facilitated by third-party partners will encourage fintech companies to cooperate with banks in customer acquisition and risk control areas, or form technology partnerships with banks while discouraging third parties to offer joint loans with banks, experts said.
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.
More importantly, according to Zhu, Chinese investors have seen the IPO registration process as a kind of government stamp of approval for the stocks－strengthening the belief that there is an implicit government guarantee and discouraging investors from doing proper fundamental research and due diligence.
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.
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.
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.
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.