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TOEFL BNC: 881 COCA: 1184

encourage

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
encourage /ɪnˈkɚrɪʤ/ verb
encourages; encouraged; encouraging
encourage
/ɪnˈkɚrɪʤ/
verb
encourages; encouraged; encouraging
Learner's definition of ENCOURAGE
[+ object]
1 
: to make (someone) more determined, hopeful, or confident鼓励；鼓舞；激励
— often used as (be) encouraged常用作(be) encouraged
— sometimes followed by to + verb有时接动词不定式
— opposite discourage
2 
a  : to make (something) more appealing or more likely to happen促进；助长
b  : to make (someone) more likely to do something支持；刺激；鼓动
: to tell or advise (someone) to do something劝告（某人）做
— opposite discourage

— encouraged

adjective [more encouraged; most encouraged]
TOEFL BNC: 881 COCA: 1184

encourage

verb

en·​cour·​age in-ˈkər-ij How to pronounce encourage (audio)
-ˈkə-rij,
en-
encouraged; encouraging

transitive verb

1
a
: to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope : hearten
she was encouraged to continue by her early success
b
: to attempt to persuade : urge
they encouraged him to go back to school
2
: to spur on : stimulate
warm weather encourages plant growth
3
: to give help or patronage to : foster
government grants designed to encourage conservation
encourager noun

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for encourage

encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose.

encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency.

the teacher's praise encouraged the students to greater efforts

inspirit, somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor into something.

patriots inspirited the people to resist

hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal.

a hospital patient heartened by good news

embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance.

emboldened by her first success, she tried an even more difficult climb

Example Sentences

They encouraged us in our work. Encourage each other with kind words. The program is meant to encourage savings. Warm weather encourages plant growth. He claims the new regulations will encourage investment. He claims the new regulations will encourage people to invest. We want to encourage students to read more. My parents encouraged me to go back to college. They encouraged her to go. See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English encoragen, from Anglo-French encorager, from en- + curage courage

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of encourage was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 881 COCA: 1184
encourage

verb

ADVERB | VERB + ENCOURAGE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤greatly, highly, strongly大大地／強烈／強有力地鼓勵◇We were greatly encouraged by the support we received.我們所得到的支持給了我們極大的鼓勵。◇Speaking your mind is highly encouraged at these sessions.這些集會強烈鼓勵大家說出心裏的想法。➤especially, particularly特別／尤其鼓勵◇She especially encouraged young scientists.她特別鼓勵年輕的科學家們。➤actively, positively積極鼓勵◇The government must actively encourage investment in these areas.政府必須積極鼓勵在這些地區投資。➤deliberately, explicitly, openly有意地／明確地／公開地鼓勵➤inadvertently, unwittingly無意中／不經意地鼓勵VERB + ENCOURAGE➤aim to, try to, want to旨在／試圖／想要鼓勵▸➤be designed to用於鼓勵◇These questions are designed to encourage debate.這些問題是用來鼓勵大家討論的。➤be likely to很可能助長◇Newspapers should not publish material that is likely to encourage discrimination.報紙不應該刊登可能會助長歧視的內容。PREPOSITION➤in在⋯方面鼓勵◇Her head of department encouraged her in her research work.部門主管鼓勵了她的研究工作。PHRASES➤an attempt to encourage sth, an effort to encourage sth鼓勵的嘗試／努力

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