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

• At a news briefing, State Department Deputy Spokesman Gordon Duguid said it is heartening that Burn's remarks in Moscow were seemingly well-received.
  美国国务院副发言人戈登.杜吉德在新闻发布会上说，伯恩斯在莫斯科的这番话似乎受到欢迎，令人鼓舞。
• 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。
• It was not a heartening spectacle.
  这是一片叫人看了发愁的景象。
• There are already heartening signs of a great regeneration in states like Texas and North Dakota.
  在得克萨斯州和北达科他州等地，已经出现了政府机构显著革新的喜人迹象。
• THE news from India 's2011 census is almost all heartening.
  印度2011年人口普查结果出炉，几乎各项指标都令人满意。
• The response, she said, had been more than heartening.
  她表示，反响非常振奋人心。
• Then, even though you were to lose all you have overnight, you would be sure of heartening support from bona friends.
  就算在一夜之间变得一无所有，你也会有真诚的朋友在旁扶持。
• For anyone who knows Japan, who has seen its workers on the factory floor or its craftsmen at their meticulous business, these are heartening stories.
  日本的工人们已回到工厂上班，工匠们也重新开始了他们一丝不苟的工作。对任何了解日本的人而言，这一切都是令人振奋的事情。
• The sun lost its heartening power and the sky became grey and somber.
  太阳失去了它鼓舞人心的力量，天空变成铅灰色，阴沉沉的。