v.(动词)vt. 鼓励,激励,怂恿 make sb feel brave enough or confident enough to do sth; promotevt. 促进,助长,激发 give active approval to; support; foster
英英释义
Verb:contribute to the progress or growth of;
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage tospur on;
"His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
encourage的用法和样例：
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)Her success encouraged me to try the same thing.她的成功鼓励我尝试做同样的事。Her parents encouraged her in her studies.她的父母鼓励她好好学习。He aims to encourage mutual understanding.他的目的在于增进相互了解。Broadband support flat salary structure, to encourage their staff to study hard.宽带薪酬支持扁平型结构，鼓励员工努力学习。In some places, the local government underlets land to encourage private education.在有些地方，廉价出租土地支持民办教育。
常见句型
用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.I have always encouraged him.我一直鼓励他。The general tried to encourage the troops.将军试图给士兵们鼓劲。Marx wrote back to say that Engels' praise had greatly encouraged him.马克思回信给恩格斯说,他的赞誉对自己的鼓励很大。The good news encouraged us.那个好消息激励了我们。We wish to encourage no vice.我们希望别助长恶习。At present we must energetically encourage the practice of making investigations and studies.目前,我们要大兴调查研究之风。Don't encourage his laziness.不要助长他的惰性。Sunlight encourages the growth of green plants.阳光促进绿色植物的生长。Government subsidies will encourage the development of small industry.补贴将有助于小工业的发展。1He was encouraged by the heroes.他被那些英雄人物所激励。They feel encouraged by their achievements.他们为自己的成就而感到鼓舞。The conversation was skillfully encouraged by host and hostess.这次谈话是男主人和女主人巧妙地引起来的。S+～+ v -ingHigh prices for corn will encourage farming.谷物的高售价将促进农业生产。Good health encourages clear thinking?健康有利于思维清楚。He encouraged our spending less and earning more.他鼓励我们少花多挣。He encouraged his son's learning English.他鼓励儿子学好英语。Our teacher often encourages our speaking English.老师经常鼓励我们讲英语。Her success encouraged my trying the same thing.她的成功激励我去做同样的尝试。用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- vWe should encourage the young to read more books.我们应当鼓励青年人多读书。All the family encouraged the boy in his efforts to become a doctor.全家人都鼓励那个少年当医生。1They are encouraged to voice their opinions.他们受到鼓励,发表了自己的意见。其他v -ing as Attrib.父母亲激励的话使他比以前更决心成为一名艺术家。父母亲激励的话使他比以前更决心成为一名艺术家。She hopped when she heard the encouraging news.她听到这个振奋人心的消息时,用一只脚跳了起来。v -ing as s-Compl.It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.从读报中了解文盲情况正在好转,这是令人鼓舞的。v -ing as o-Compl.I find what you have said very encouraging.我发现你说的话非常激励人心。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
encourage by (v.+prep.)通过…方式鼓励(某人) add to or strengthen the hopes of sb by sthencourage sb by v-ing
He encouraged her by saying:“After a time you'll get used to things here.”
他鼓励她说:“过一段时间,你会逐渐习惯这里的环境的。”
encourage in (v.+prep.)在…方面鼓励(某人) add to or strengthen the hopes of sb about sthencourage sb in sth
Don't encourage him in his idle ways.
不能助长他的闲散习气。
Mr. Blake was encouraged in his work by his superior.
布雷克先生的上司鼓励他工作。
encourage with (v.+prep.)用…方式鼓励(某人) add to or strengthen the hopes of sb with sthencourage sb with sth
They often encourage the students with prizes.
他们经常用奖品来鼓励学生。
We were encouraged with his great success.
他的巨大成功使我们受到鼓舞。
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)～+名词encourage clear thinking有利于思维清楚encourage farming促进农业的发展encourage one's laziness助长某人的惰性encourage one's pity激发起某人的怜悯encourage the practice of making investigations and studies大兴调查研究之风encourage the students鼓励学生encourage the troops给士兵们鼓劲～+副词encourage adroitly机敏地鼓励encourage dubiously不可靠地援助encourage effectively有效地鼓励encourage energetically积极鼓励encourage essentially基本地支持encourage financially资金上支持encourage generously慷慨地鼓励encourage gladly欣然赞助encourage greatly极大地鼓舞encourage loyally忠诚地鼓励encourage materially物质鼓励encourage merely纯粹地鼓舞encourage mutually相互鼓励encourage necessarily必要地鼓励encourage openly公开地援助encourage practically实在地鼓励encourage reluctantly勉强地鼓励encourage rightly正确地鼓舞encourage secretly秘密地支持encourage skillfully灵活地鼓励encourage smoothly圆滑地鼓励encourage specifically特殊地鼓励encourage spiritually精神鼓励encourage substantially基本地援助encourage treacherously不可靠地援助encourage vigorously强有力地鼓励encourage warmly热情地鼓励～+介词encourage at one's success为自己的成功而鼓舞encourage by为…所鼓舞encourage sb in在(某方面)鼓励某人encourage with用…方式鼓励某人
encourage sb to-v, encourage sb in sth这组短语都有“鼓励”的意思,但前者的意思是鼓励某人今后要做某事,即行动也许还未开始; 而后者则表示鼓励某人目前正在做的某种事情,即行动早已开始。试比较:He encouraged me to study English.他鼓励我去学英语。He encouraged me in my English study.他鼓励我加强英语学习。
encourage by, encourage with这组短语都有“鼓励”的意思,但用法上不同,前者接动名词,而后者接名词。例如:Don't encourage her laziness by doing things for her.不要帮她做事,以免助长她的懒惰。He was encouraged with his success.他因为成功而受到鼓舞。
encourage, cheer, excite这组词都有“刺激,鼓舞”的意思。其区别是：cheer指帮助萎靡不振的人重新焕发精神或勇气去进行最后的奋斗; encourage是指对意志薄弱的人或缺乏经验的人加以“鼓舞,鼓励”等,其宾语后面可接带to的不定式,也可接介词“in＋名词短语”。例如:They encourage the children to paint pictures.他们鼓励孩子们画画。He encouraged me in my work.他在工作上鼓励我。excite指通过刺激某人的感情或情绪使人达到兴奋状态。例如:The news of the victory excited everybody very much.听到那胜利的消息,人人兴奋不已。
encourage, embolden, steel这组词都有“刺激,鼓舞”的意思。其区别在于:1.encourage是指对意志薄弱的人或缺乏经验的人加以“鼓舞,鼓励”等,其宾语后面可接带to的动词不定式,也可接介词in＋名词短语。2.embolden指给人壮胆,强调给予足够的勇气去做想做的事。例如:She smiled and this emboldened him to speak to her.她微微一笑,这使他壮起胆来跟她说话。3.steel强调变得坚强、坚定或冷酷,能忍受疼痛、苦难或侮辱等。例如:He steeled himself to tell her about her father's death.他硬起了心肠把她父亲的死讯告诉了她。
encourage, countenance, favour这三个词的共同意思是“赞成”“支持”。其区别是：1.encourage指给予某人希望和信心,或者提高某人的情绪。2.countenance指暗中支持或默认、纵容。例如:We have said several times that we will never countenance violence.我们多次说过,永远不会暗中支持或纵容暴力。3.favour指积极地赞助某事,促使其早见成效。例如:They favour our program with a large contribution.他们大力捐助,以支持我们的计划。The government favours the plan.支持这项计划。
下面两句话的意思相同:My success encouraged me to continue.My success encouraged my continuing.我的成功鼓励我继续干下去。
