| 单词 | encourage |
| 释义 | encourage (once / 88 pages) v When you encourage someone, you give him or her the courage or confidence to do something, like when you encourage your little brother to play harder by yelling his name from the sidelines of the soccer field. The word encourage comes from the Old French word encoragier, meaning "make strong, hearten." When you encourage the tomato plants in your garden, you water them to promote their growth and health. Encourage can also mean to inspire with hope, like when you encourage your friends to try out for the school play by complimenting their singing and acting talents. WORD FAMILYencourage: encouraged, encouragement, encourages, encouraging+/courage: courageous, courages, encourage/courageous: courageously, courageousness/encouragement: encouragements/encouraging: encouragingly, unencouraging/unencouraging: unencouragingly USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s in a different area, completely the other side. Hurt a lot less when it happened, so I’m definitely encouraged.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ms Bradley said she encouraged all of those with family who fought at Passchendaele to apply. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The San Ysidro plan also calls for new bicycle lanes and pedestrian improvements to encourage people to stop commuting by car. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to Ant|Hypo|Hyper discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts foster, nurturehelp develop, help grow holloencourage somebody by crying hollo cheer, embolden, hearten, recreategive encouragement to draw outmake more sociable bring outencourage to be less reserved goad, spurgive heart or courage to cheerleadact as a cheerleader in a sports event keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize, supportbe a regular customer or client of buck up, take heartgain courage serve, serve wellpromote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate heighten or intensify 2v spur on His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife Hyper cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 3v contribute to the progress or growth of Syn|Hypo|Hyper advance, boost, further, promote connive at, wink at give one's silent approval to foster, furtherpromote the growth of spurincite or stimulate helpcontribute to the furtherance of carrytake further or advance feedsupport or promote conduce, contribute, leadbe conducive to back up, support give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to |
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