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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Li did cite what he said were heartening figures the relatively slow rates of investment on the coast, compared with the larger amounts spent inland, in the poorer provinces China is trying to develop.
  李晓超援引了他称为令人宽慰的数字即沿海地区的投资增长相对放缓，而相比之下，中国着力发展的较贫困内陆省份的投资规模有所增加。
• At a news briefing, State Department Deputy Spokesman Gordon Duguid said it is heartening that Burn's remarks in Moscow were seemingly well-received.
  美国国务院副发言人戈登.杜吉德在新闻发布会上说，伯恩斯在莫斯科的这番话似乎受到欢迎，令人鼓舞。
• 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。
• Heartening reports of victories are pouring in.
  可喜的胜利消息不断传来。
• 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。
• China-EU trade and economic cooperation has yielded heartening fruits.
  中欧经济贸易合作取得了可喜的成果。
• State tourism minister Kaukab Hamid described the ruling as "heartening".
  国家旅游部长考卡布·哈米德称这一决定是“令人振奋的”。