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

• As I write about the heartening results of Kenny's pilot, Della has just taken the call telling her there are flowers waiting for her in reception.
  刚写到肯尼的试点活动取得令人振奋的收效，就听到黛乐接听电话，是要她去前台领鲜花的电话。
• It is, moreover, clear that they are having a demoralizing effect on the whole enemy army and all Japan and a heartening effect on our whole army and people.
  至其给予整个敌军敌国以精神上的不利影响，给予整个我军和人民以精神上的良好影响，也是显而易见的。
• 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's heartening to see how fluidly Groovy closures and the curry method can be applied to numerous programming scenarios, and to both functional and object-oriented patterns.
  看到Groovy闭包和curry方法能够如此流畅地应用于众多编程场景、函数模式和面向对象模式，真是激动人心。
• 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。
• It's about what you say and what you mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
  它是关于你所说的及其用意，也许使人痛苦、也许振奋人心。
• 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。
• For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.
  对于刚刚出生的国家而言，战争与共和原则的胜利，是使人鼓舞的开端。
• The most heartening thing for us has been the reaction of the children.
  最令我们感到振奋的是孩子们的反应。
• Orphanage staff had told the Stricklands that Bella was very strong-willed – perhaps heartening for an adoptive parent to hear, since strong will may be just what got her through that night in the alleyway, and the many illnesses of her infanthood.
  孤儿院员工告诉斯特里克兰夫妇，贝拉意志非常刚强，或许这在养父母听来会为之一振，因为也许她就是凭借刚强的意志才挺过了弄堂里的那一夜，以及她幼年时的许多疾病。