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

• 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。
• 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”。
• While it is heartening to be able to alleviate interpersonal troubles by talking it out, sometimes listening alone does the trick.
  倾诉能缓解人际关系的烦恼，这听起来令人振奋，但有时候仅仅倾听就能获得成功。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Sierra Club called his comments heartening.
  塞拉俱乐部称其言论令人振奋。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。