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

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。
There are already heartening signs of a great regeneration in states like Texas and North Dakota.
在得克萨斯州和北达科他州等地，已经出现了政府机构显著革新的喜人迹象。
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。
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。
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。
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 sun lost its heartening power and the sky became grey and somber.
太阳失去了它鼓舞人心的力量，天空变成铅灰色，阴沉沉的。
But what makes The Zero Marginal Cost Society worth reading is its audacity, its willingness to weave a vast string of developments into a heartening narrative of what our economic future may hold for the generations to come.
但《零边际成本社会》想法大胆，而且乐于把各种各样的科技进步组织成一种令人振奋的声音来描述未来几代人的经济前景，这一点成就了它的可读性。
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。
It was very heartening to hear that they liked our work.
听说他们喜欢我们的工作这真是令人鼓舞。