Putting courage into someone — that is literally what the word is built from. You say or do something and the other person feels more able, or more willing, to go ahead. Point the same action at a situation instead of a person and it becomes creating the conditions for something to grow.
可以想成：把勇氣「放進」某個人裡面——這個字就是 en-（使…）加上 courage（勇氣）組成的。你說了或做了什麼，對方就覺得比較有底氣、比較願意往前走。把同樣的動作對準的不是人而是一個情況，它就變成「創造讓某件事長出來的條件」。
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
encourageverb/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- Delia's coach encouraged her to focus on the positives.
- 2
To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- We encourage you to cycle instead of taking the car.
- 3
To foster, give help or patronage.
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed.
- In addition the Marquess built a brickworks adjacent to the colliery, and also greatly improved the harbour to encourage coastal shipping.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。