单词 | exhort |
释义 | exhort (once / 595 pages) v French roots for the word exhort mean "thoroughly encourage," so to exhort is to fill up with encouragement! "When he heard the crowd exhort him with stomping and cheers, he knew that he could finish the marathon." Some synonyms for exhort include stimulate, excite, and urge on. Words and shouts can exhort, and this is especially true when the recipient of those chants fears coming up short with an effort. Exhortations may make the difference between winning or losing and marching on or giving up. A sergeant might exhort his troops after a defeat just as a dad can exhort his daughter after a missed note during a piano recital. WORD FAMILYexhort: exhortation, exhortative, exhortatory, exhorted, exhorting, exhorts+/exhortation: exhortations USAGE EXAMPLESThe resolution exhorts all countries to distinguish between the territories on either side of the 1949 armistice lines. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Now Michael Moore is exhorting thousands of bereaved and angry Democrats to descend on Washington next month to “disrupt the Inauguration.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) A sign exhorts workers to scan at the preferred rate of 38 packages per minute. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) 1v spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts Syn|Hypo|Hyper barrack, cheer, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on cheerlead act as a cheerleader in a sports event encourage inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to 2v force or impel in an indicated direction Syn|Hypo|Hyper press, urge, urge on hurry, rush urge to an unnatural speed bear on, pushpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action advocate, preachspeak, plead, or argue in favor of nudgepush into action by pestering or annoying gently moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonizespeak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements bull, bull throughpush or force advise, counsel, rede give advice to |
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