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

• While it is heartening to be able to alleviate interpersonal troubles by talking it out, sometimes listening alone does the trick.
  倾诉能缓解人际关系的烦恼，这听起来令人振奋，但有时候仅仅倾听就能获得成功。
• It was not a heartening spectacle.
  这是一片叫人看了发愁的景象。
• As the first major White House decision on trade, therefore, the levying of new tariffs on imports of Chinese tyres is not particularly heartening.
  因此，作为白宫在贸易方面做出的首项重大决定，对从中国进口的轮胎征收新关税之举，并不特别鼓舞人心。
• THE news from India 's2011 census is almost all heartening.
  印度2011年人口普查结果出炉，几乎各项指标都令人满意。
• 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。
• That was before the Arab spring& which, heartening as it was to believers in freedom, prompted many Asian regimes, from Iran to Uzbekistan to China, to intensify repression and curb the media.
  此后的阿拉伯之春发起的一系列行动在自由派看来多少鼓舞人心，带动了许多亚洲国家，如伊朗，乌兹别克斯坦，乃至中国等国家的自由行动，但紧随其后的是更加严格的政治压抑和媒体控制。
• Then, even though you were to lose all you have overnight, you would be sure of heartening support from bona friends.
  就算在一夜之间变得一无所有，你也会有真诚的朋友在旁扶持。
• For anyone who knows Japan, who has seen its workers on the factory floor or its craftsmen at their meticulous business, these are heartening stories.
  日本的工人们已回到工厂上班，工匠们也重新开始了他们一丝不苟的工作。对任何了解日本的人而言，这一切都是令人振奋的事情。
• 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。
• 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。