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 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。
• For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.
  对于刚刚出生的国家而言，战争与共和原则的胜利，是使人鼓舞的开端。
• Mr Li did cite what he said were heartening figures the relatively slow rates of investment on the coast, compared with the larger amounts spent inland, in the poorer provinces China is trying to develop.
  李晓超援引了他称为令人宽慰的数字即沿海地区的投资增长相对放缓，而相比之下，中国着力发展的较贫困内陆省份的投资规模有所增加。
• Indeed, despite their errors, this attitude bodes well for the future, and is a heartening sign of a focus on human prosperity.
  他们的确有谬误，但他们的态度预示着一个更好的未来，他们对人类繁荣前景的关心也是一个鼓舞人心的标志。
• China-EU trade and economic cooperation has yielded heartening fruits.
  中欧经济贸易合作取得了可喜的成果。
• I think it is heartening to see what is happening in the US.
  我认为，美国正在发生的变化对我们是一种鼓舞。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Heartening reports of victories are pouring in.
  可喜的胜利消息不断传来。