encourage

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. transitive
    — I encouraged him during his race.
  2. To spur on, strongly recommend. transitive
    — We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
  3. To foster, give help or patronage. transitive
    — The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed.

词形变化

encourages present,singular,third-person encouraging participle,present encouraged participle,past encouraged past incourage alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
disencourage encourageable encouragement encourager encouraging encouragingly overencourage reencourage
相关词
courage

词源

From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier. Displaced native Old English hiertan, tyhtan, and trymman. By surface analysis, en- + courage.
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