Encourage
[ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ;en-] or [ɪn'kɝrɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) spur on; 'His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife'.
(verb.) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to.
手打:丽塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
贝琪校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Embolden, inspirit, animate, enhearten, hearten, stimulate, cheer, incite, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.[2]. Support, favor, countenance, further, advance, promote, foster, aid, help, abet, patronize, help forward.
艾丽萨校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to put courage in: to inspire with spirit or hope: to incite: to patronise: to cherish.—ns. Encour′agement act of encouraging: that which encourages; Encour′ager —p.adj. Encour′aging giving ground to hope for success.—adv. Encour′agingly.
海勒姆手打
例句/造句/用法:
- It is not as you think, that I have another in my mind, for I do not encourage anybody, and never have in my life. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It has been involuntary, and I will not encourage it. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- To encourage tillage, by keeping up the price of corn, even in the most plentiful years, was the avowed end of the institution. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I can't encourage it. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Encourage the people by your presence. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- No more would Emmy by any means encourage her admirer, the Major. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But as life means nothing to me, without one thing which is now impossible, you will forgive me for not being able to encourage you. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I encouraged Doctor Manette in this idea, because I felt that it might one day be consolatory to her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Encouraged by these disasters of the imperial power, the Ionian cities in Asia began for a second time to revolt against the Persians. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- General Taylor encouraged officers to accompany these expeditions. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He would save himself from witnessing again such permitted, encouraged attentions. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It is he who encourages me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- St. Clare, I believe, encourages her in it. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Mr Wrayburn encourages those notions to make himself of importance, and so she thinks she ought to be grateful to him, and perhaps even likes to be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It neither encourages nor discourages improvement. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- What has happened in the schoolroom encourages me to persevere in the investigation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But still it really, and in the end, encourages that species of industry which it means to promote. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is chiefly by encouraging the manufactures of Europe, that the colony trade indirectly encourages its agriculture. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is encouraging people to marry if you make so much of them. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- As regards its quantity and quality, the accounts are most encouraging. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Our out-of-door life easily threw one in my way, and I delicately said that there was a responsibility in encouraging Richard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Miss Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The nondescript replied in encouraging terms, and brought him to a coffee-shop in the street within a stone's throw. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It was clear what the end would be, since Mary openly placed Farebrother above everybody, and these women were all evidently encouraging the affair. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was impossible to make the confession more dispassionately, or in a tone less encouraging to the vanity of the person addressed. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
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