1encourage sb/sth (in sth/to do sth) to give hope, support or confidence to sb 鼓励:
The teacher encouraged her students to ask questions.老师鼓励她的学生提问题。
2 to make sth happen more easily 促进;助长:
The government wants to encourage new businesses.政府想鼓励开办新的企业。 [OPP] discourage 反义词为 discourage➔encouragementnoun [C,U]
➔encouragingadj
encourage/InˋkɝIdʒ; InˈkʌrIdʒ/v [T]1 to try to help someone succeed, for example by giving them confidence or determination [ discourage ] 鼓励﹐激励: encourage sb to do sth You are actively encouraged to contribute to school life. 非常鼓励大家参与学校生活。encourage sb in sth My dad encouraged me in my ambitions. 我爸爸对我的抱负给予了鼓励。2 to make something more likely to happen 促进﹐有助于: Violent movies encourage anti-social behaviour. 暴力电影助长反社会行为。 —encouraged adj [not before noun 不用于名词前]: I felt encouraged to continue. 我受到了鼓舞继续下去。 —encouragement n [C,U]: words of encouragement 鼓励的话语Henry needed no encouragement to work hard. 亨利不需要鼓励也会努力。 —encouraging adj : encouraging news on jobs 关于就业的鼓舞人心的消息
encourageencourageencouragesencouragedencouragingverb (encourages, encouraging, encouraged)to give somebody hope or help so that they do something or continue doing something: We encouraged him to write a book about his adventures.oppositediscourage▶ encouragementencouragementencouragementsnoun (no plural): Kim's parents have always given her a lot of encouragement.▶ encouragingadjective: Ann's school report is very encouraging.