encourage 英 [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ]   美 [ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ]

encourage

encourage  英 [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] 美 [ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ]

vt. 鼓励 

进行时:encouraging  过去式:encouraged  过去分词:encouraged  第三人称单数:encourages 

Banks actively encourage people to borrow money. 银行积极鼓动人们贷款。
This month's unemployment figures are not very encouraging. 这个月的失业统计数字不太乐观。

  • 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.
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  • vt. 鼓励
  • 1. Banks actively encourage people to borrow money.

    银行积极鼓动人们贷款。

  • 2. This month's unemployment figures are not very encouraging.

    这个月的失业统计数字不太乐观。

  • 3. You could try being a little more encouraging!

    你可以试着多给人一些鼓励嘛!

  • 4. to smile encouragingly

    表示鼓励地微微一笑

  • 5. Music and lighting are used to encourage shoppers to buy more.

    音乐和灯光用于刺激购物者买更多的东西。

  • encourage (v.) early 15c., from Old French encoragier "make strong, hearten," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + corage "courage, heart" (see courage). Related: Encouraged; encouraging; encouragingly.
en·cour·age / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒ / verb 1 to give sb support, courage or hope 支持;鼓励;激励 encouragesb in sth My parents have always encouraged me in my choice of career. 在我选择职业时父母总是鼓励我。 encouragesb We were greatly encouraged by the positive response of the public. 公众所持的肯定态度给了我们极大的鼓舞。 2 encouragesb to do sth | encouragedoing sth to persuade sb to do sth by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do 鼓动;劝告;怂恿 Banks actively encourage people to borrow money. 银行积极鼓动人们贷款。 3 to make sth more likely to happen or develop 促进;助长;刺激 encouragesth (in sb/sth) They claim that some computer games encourage violent behaviour in young children. 他们声称有些电脑游戏助长儿童的暴力行为。 encouragesb to do sth Music and lighting are used to encourage shoppers to buy more. 音乐和灯光用于刺激购物者买更多的东西。 encouragedoing sth Technology encourages multitasking. 技术进步促进多工处理。 OPP discourage en·cour·aging / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ / adjective [not usually before noun ] This month's unemployment figures are not very encouraging. 这个月的失业统计数字不太乐观。 You could try being a little more encouraging! 你可以试着多给人一些鼓励嘛! en·cour·aging·ly / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli / adverb to smile encouragingly 表示鼓励地微微一笑 The attendance was encouragingly high. 出席人数之多令人振奋。 encourage encourages encouraged encouraging en·cour·age / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒ / en·cour·aging / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ / en·cour·aging·ly / ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli ; NAmE ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli /
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