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

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。
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。
The Sierra Club called his comments heartening.
塞拉俱乐部称其言论令人振奋。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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”。