喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ/ · /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ/令人鼓舞

    Making you feel more hopeful and more confident, because it is a sign that things are going well; also used about words, or about a person, that make you feel this way.

    示範例句 · Example

    The doctor had some encouraging news — Mei would be able to walk again soon.

    逐字醫生有一些令人鼓舞的消息——美很快就能夠再走路了。

    encouraging 講的是「讓你更有希望、更有信心」的東西——最常是消息、跡象、數字、回應這一類「看起來事情正在往好的方向走」的訊號，像是 encouraging news（好消息）、encouraging signs（好跡象）。它跟 exciting 不一樣：exciting 是當下就很刺激，encouraging 通常是「還沒成功，但看得出有機會」，所以英文常接一句 but there's a long way to go。可以想成 encouraging 是從動詞 encourage（給人勇氣繼續下去）長出來的：那件事就像在對你說「再撐一下」。

    常見搭配

    • encouraging news

      令人振奮的好消息

      news that makes you feel more hopeful

      The encouraging news is that fewer children are getting sick this year.

    • encouraging signs

      好的跡象

      small things that show something may get better

      There are encouraging signs that the little tree is growing again.

    • an encouraging response

      熱烈、讓人有信心的回應

      when many people show interest or support

      We got an encouraging response from parents when we asked for help.

    • very / most encouraging

      非常令人振奮

      used to make 'encouraging' stronger

      So far, the results of our recycling project have been very encouraging.

    • it is encouraging to see/hear ...

      看到／聽到…讓人很有信心

      used to say something makes you feel more hopeful

      It's encouraging to hear that the whole class wants to try again.

core核心畫面

You can picture this as a small sign that things are going the right way — a first good test result, a kind word from someone who has watched you work — and the lift you feel inside when you see it: your hope goes up, and you want to keep going.

可以想成：你正在做一件還沒有把握的事，這時出現一個「看起來有在往好的方向走」的跡象——第一次考出來的分數、有人看著你做完後說的一句話——你心裡那股「還有希望，可以繼續」的力氣就被撐起來了。encouraging 講的就是那個跡象或那句話本身：它不保證結果，但它讓你更有信心走下去。

同家族的字

比較級 more encouraging最高級 most encouraging

原始詞典資料4 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。

encouragingadj/ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

  • 1

    Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

    • Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
    • There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery.
  • 2

    Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.

    • Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.

encouragingnoun/ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

  • 1

    encouragement

    • […] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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