heartened

英 [ˈhɑːtnd]

美 [ˈhɑːrtnd]

v.  激励; 鼓励
hearten的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：heartened　过去式：heartened　

BNC.42903 / COCA.41860

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。

双语例句

• Generations of children have been heartened by the thought that this Nobel Prize winner did badly at school, but they're sadly mistaken.
  一代代的孩子都感到欣慰的是认为这诺贝尔奖得主曾在学校不好，但他们大错特错了。
• We are much heartened by the latest developments.
  最近的事态发展使我们受到很大的鼓舞。
• Sir Geoffrey was heartened by this and has been describing the debate as'very encouraging '.
  杰弗里爵士感到很振奋，他把这次辩论描述为“非常鼓舞人心”。
• I have spoken with a number of our top players and was really heartened by the response.
  我已经和我们一些顶级球星谈过话，他们的反应使我感到振作。
• I was heartened by the intelligence of these players, who understand more about Liverpool than we do.
  我对这些球员的理解非常感动，他们比我们更清楚利物浦。
• The news heartened everybody.
  该消息让每个人都感到振奋。
• The economic expansion also has gained strength as confident consumers spend more, heartened by the rise in employment and the fall of oil prices.
  受到就业增长和油价下跌的鼓舞，重获信心的消费者增加了支出，经济扩张的势头也得以增强。
• I was heartened to hear reports that the tickets for the show were selling well.
  报道说展览会的门票销路很好，这令我振奋不已。
• We are heartened to see that in the past 20 years, the concept of sustainable development has been widely accepted, and major progress has been made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
  20年来，可持续发展理念深入人心，实现千年发展目标取得重大进展。对此，我们深受鼓舞！
• Critics of the bill have been heartened by comments on Tuesday by Barack Obama, US president, that it should not send a protectionist message.
  美国总统奥巴马周二表示，经济刺激计划不应该发出贸易保护主义的信息。对上述计划的批评人士为此受到鼓励。