"discourage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Many restaurants quietly discourage you from ordering by not letting you know they have these menus.
- The N.S.A. has for years quietly discouraged university mathematicians and computer companies from developing cryptographic techniques that would make its code breakers' jobs more difficult.
- On leaving the farmyard, with his dinner-to-be in hand, he found it necessary to quietly discourage the watchdog, who was whining and wanting to come with him.
- - Quietly discourage substantive discussions by suggesting that the issue is 'best left to experts in capitals.'
- While Mr. Bush cannot publicly oppose a debate on the floor of Congress, he has been quietly discouraging such a move out of concern that it would interfere with his efforts in the confrontation with Mr. Hussein, officials said.
- When the only source of public information in a town closes tight on a subject, when letters to the Editor about a dead man just don't get published, when a powerful man quietly discourages talk, men there is no particular call to remember.
- But it has also quietly discouraged both countries from pressing openly for permanent membership, fearing that any attempt to amend the United Nations Charter risks unleashing pressures for more far-reaching organizational changes.
- The Ukrainian language was often frowned upon or quietly discouraged, which led to the gradual decline in its usage.
- The Ukrainian language, despite official encouragement and government funding, like other regional languages, was often frowned upon or quietly discouraged, which led to a gradual decline in its usage.
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