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单词 inspiring
释义
inspiring
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adj

If you find something inspiring, it is stimulating your spirit and making you feel hopeful and ready to do something. Do you find documentaries about overcoming struggle inspiring, or is a sale at the mall more inspiring to you?
Inspiring is the adjective form of the verb inspire, which comes from the Latin word for "breath." When something is inspiring, it's as if the breath of life is coming into your body. People often describe religious experiences as inspiring, as well as stories about people who didn't give in to hardships that would have stopped other people. A majestic natural scene might be inspiring to you. An inspiring teacher gets her students excited about the subject.
WORD FAMILY
inspiring: inspiringly, uninspiring+/inspiration: inspirational, inspirations/inspirational: inspirationally/inspire: inspiration, inspiratory, inspired, inspirer, inspires, inspiring/inspired: inspiredly, uninspired/inspirer: inspirers/uninspiring: uninspiringly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Seeing what she was able to achieve was inspiring.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
This powerful, inspiring documentary about extraordinary Kazakh teenager Aisholpan Nurgaiv soars as it shows viewers why girls and women should never be underestimated.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
“The future is encouraging and inspiring,” Xi enthused in his upbeat annual address.
The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)
adj stimulating or exalting to the spirit
Syn|Ant
ennobling, exalting
tending to exalt
uninspiring
depressing to the spirit
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