Question

The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouraged ______ there for a sight-seeing.

A. us from going
B. us to go
C. our going
D. our to go

Answer 1

答案A
此题考查动词搭配。discourage与encourage互为反义词。英语中说”鼓励某人做某事”时使用encourage sb to do sth , 但如果要表示”使某人没勇气做某事”时，不能想当然的以此类推：discourage sb to do sth , 这是不符合英语习惯的错误表达方式，其正确形式是：discourage sb from doing sth。