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

• But as for the squads of trade lawyers on WTO manoeuvres, a heartening amount of the litigation has actually been aimed at preventing arbitrary trade restrictions in the future.
  但对于那些常打wto贸易官司的律师而言，令人鼓舞的是，很多诉讼实际上旨在阻止未来再出现随意实施贸易限制的做法。
• 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。
• It was not a heartening spectacle.
  这是一片叫人看了发愁的景象。
• 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。
• The response, she said, had been more than heartening.
  她表示，反响非常振奋人心。
• It's about what you say and what you mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
  它是关于你所说的及其用意，也许使人痛苦、也许振奋人心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。