劝阻

quàn zǔ mǒu yī xíng dòng

劝阻某一行动

dissuade an action

jí lì quàn zǔ

极力劝阻

try very hard to dissuade somedoby from doing something

jǐn guǎn wǒ zài sān quàn zǔ tā réng yī yì gū xíng

尽管我再三劝阻，她仍一意孤行。

She went ahead in spite of my exhortations.

quàn zǔ wú xiào

劝阻无效

try in vain to talk somebody out of doing something

quàn zǔ tā bù yào zhè yàng bàn

劝阻她不要这样办

dissuade her from doing it

hǎo yán quàn zǔ

好言劝阻

kindly advise somebody not to do something

nǐ zuì hǎo quàn zǔ tā bié nà yàng gàn

你最好劝阻她别那样干。

You'd better try to talk her out of doing that.

kàn dào sǔn hài qún zhòng lì yì de xíng wéi wǒ men jiù yào jìn xíng quàn zǔ

看到损害群众利益的行为，我们就要进行劝阻。

Whenever we see a person doing something antisocial, we should try to stop it.

tā xiǎng qù chōng làng dàn wǒ quàn zǔ le tā

他想去冲浪，但我劝阻了他。

He wanted to go surfing but I argued him out of it.

quàn zǔ qīng shào nián xī yān de yùn dòng

劝阻青少年吸烟的运动

a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers

jiū chá duì chéng yuán quàn zǔ yī xiē sī jī bù yào jìn rù gōng chǎng

纠察队成员劝阻一些司机不要进入工厂。

The pickets persuaded some drivers not to enter the factory.

wǒ men yuán dǎ suàn zài wù zhōng chū fā dàn bèi quàn zǔ le

我们原打算在雾中出发，但被劝阻了。

We were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded.

gǔ lì tā men gēn quàn zǔ tā men wán quán shì liǎng huí shì

鼓励他们跟劝阻他们完全是两回事。

Encouraging them is different from discouraging them.