décourager

Je la découragerais de sortir , si j'étais à votre place.
If I were you, I'd try to discourage any ideas she may have of coming outside.
Alors j'ai pensé que je la découragerais en disant... que je ne voulais pas être père.
So I thought I'd just head her off at the pass by saying I didn't want to be a parent.
À la lumière de ce qui vient d’être dit, je découragerais tout amendement tendant à atténuer les exigences de l’Union européenne à l’égard de la Turquie.
In this light, I would discourage any amendments tending to water down what the European Union requires of Turkey.
Ils savent qu'ils ne feront peut-être pas partie des bénéficiaires des solutions, mais ils se sentent tenus de conserver cette lueur d'espoir pour les nouveaux patients ; et ce n'est certainement pas moi qui les découragerais d'espérer.
They know that it may not be they who benefit from the solutions, but they feel obliged to defend that ray of hope for new patients; I certainly will not be taking that hope away from them.
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