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。
• Orphanage staff had told the Stricklands that Bella was very strong-willed – perhaps heartening for an adoptive parent to hear, since strong will may be just what got her through that night in the alleyway, and the many illnesses of her infanthood.
  孤儿院员工告诉斯特里克兰夫妇，贝拉意志非常刚强，或许这在养父母听来会为之一振，因为也许她就是凭借刚强的意志才挺过了弄堂里的那一夜，以及她幼年时的许多疾病。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 response, she said, had been more than heartening.
  她表示，反响非常振奋人心。
• 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。
• As the first major White House decision on trade, therefore, the levying of new tariffs on imports of Chinese tyres is not particularly heartening.
  因此，作为白宫在贸易方面做出的首项重大决定，对从中国进口的轮胎征收新关税之举，并不特别鼓舞人心。