لغت انگلیسی
to discourage
معنی و توضیح
to make others not want to have or do something; to reduce
مثال
How can we discourage Americans from eating too much unhealthy food?
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Price Gouging». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,180 – Price Gouging.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,180. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is a dialogue between Pedro and Elisa about companies that increase their prices suddenly. Let’s get started.
Pedro: Why are you changing the prices on all of those items in the store?
Elisa: Haven’t you heard? There’s a hurricane coming. People will be stocking up on basic necessities.
Pedro: I know that, but that still doesn’t explain why you’ve decided to jack up prices.
Elisa: There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike in demand during emergency situations.
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.