heartening

英 [ˈhɑːtnɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɑːrtnɪŋ]

v.  激励; 鼓励
hearten的现在分词

BNC.18746 / COCA.20220

柯林斯词典

• VERB 鼓舞;使振奋
  If someoneis heartened bysomething, it encourages them and makes them cheerful.
  1. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday...
     他会为昨天公布的电话民意调查结果感到鼓舞。
  2. The news heartened everybody.
     该消息让每个人都感到振奋。

英英释义

adj

• cheerfully encouraging
  Synonym:inspiriting

双语例句

• Wherever his eyes looked, he saw broad and heartening things.
  举目所见，一切都是那样地广阔，那样地振奋人心。
• But what makes The Zero Marginal Cost Society worth reading is its audacity, its willingness to weave a vast string of developments into a heartening narrative of what our economic future may hold for the generations to come.
  但《零边际成本社会》想法大胆，而且乐于把各种各样的科技进步组织成一种令人振奋的声音来描述未来几代人的经济前景，这一点成就了它的可读性。
• It was very heartening to hear that they liked our work.
  听说他们喜欢我们的工作这真是令人鼓舞。
• The response, she said, had been more than heartening.
  她表示，反响非常振奋人心。
• Heartening reports of victories are pouring in.
  可喜的胜利消息不断传来。
• That was before the Arab spring& which, heartening as it was to believers in freedom, prompted many Asian regimes, from Iran to Uzbekistan to China, to intensify repression and curb the media.
  此后的阿拉伯之春发起的一系列行动在自由派看来多少鼓舞人心，带动了许多亚洲国家，如伊朗，乌兹别克斯坦，乃至中国等国家的自由行动，但紧随其后的是更加严格的政治压抑和媒体控制。
• State tourism minister Kaukab Hamid described the ruling as "heartening".
  国家旅游部长考卡布·哈米德称这一决定是“令人振奋的”。
• It is, moreover, clear that they are having a demoralizing effect on the whole enemy army and all Japan and a heartening effect on our whole army and people.
  至其给予整个敌军敌国以精神上的不利影响，给予整个我军和人民以精神上的良好影响，也是显而易见的。
• More and more, banks are losing talent to Teach for America, a fact that may turn out to be one of the most heartening consequences of the financial crisis.
  在美国，越来越多的人才离开银行业投身教育，这可能是经济危机带来的最令人欣慰的影响之一。
• The most heartening thing for us has been the reaction of the children.
  最令我们感到振奋的是孩子们的反应。