释义 |
Adjective: inspiring `in'spIring- Stimulating or exalting to the spirit
Verb: inspire in'spIr- Heighten or intensify
- animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt - Supply the inspiration for
"The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work" - Serve as the inciting cause of
- prompt, instigate - Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- cheer, root on, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up - Fill with revolutionary ideas
- revolutionize, revolutionise [Brit] - Draw in (air)
"The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" - inhale, breathe in
See also: ennobling, exalting, inspiration, inspiratory, inspirer Type of: breathe, cause, encourage, excite, get, have, indoctrinate, induce, make, occasion, respire, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, suspire, take a breath Antonym: uninspiring Encyclopedia: Inspire |