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词汇 encourage
释义 encourage
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/ us /ɪnˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/
B1
to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen: 刺激,激励;促进;助长
[ T+ to infinitive ]We were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school.在校时,学校鼓励我们学习外语。
The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.市政委员会鼓励开发该房地产项目旨在促进就业和增加娱乐设施。
B1
to talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something: (通过言语或行动)鼓励,支持
encourage someone in somethingThey've always encouraged me in everything I've wanted to do.不论我想做什么,他们总是会鼓励我。
The new teaching methods encourage children to think for themselves.新的教学方法鼓励孩子们独立思考。
We encourage the victims to talk freely about their experiences.
Instead of simply punishing them, the system encourages offenders to modify their behaviour.这个制度并不是单单惩罚犯罪者,而是鼓励他们改正自己的行为。
His tutor encouraged him to read widely in philosophy.
The city council is encouraging jobsharing to make it easier for parents of young children to work.市政厅现在鼓励职务分担,以方便有幼童的家长出来工作。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Encouraging and urging on
abet
barrack for someone
bread
bring
bring someone out
cultivate
get in there!idiom
get out of here!idiom
go on
good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
goose
muster
pave
pave the wayidiom
pep talk
permit
prepare
spur
stimulus
stoke

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Urging & persuading

encourage | American Dictionary


encourage
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈkɜr·ɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr·ɪdʒ/
to help someone to feel confident and able to do something, or to give advice to someone to do something:
Our parents always encouraged us to ask questions.
If something encourages an activity, it supports it or makes it more likely:
The city needs to encourage job creation.

encouragement


noun[ U ]us/ɪnˈkɜr·ɪdʒ·mənt, -ˈkʌr·ɪdʒ-/
My parents gave me encouragement and support.

encouraging


adjectiveus/ɪnˈkɜr·ə·dʒɪŋ, -ˈkʌr·ə-/
Early results of the experiment were extremely encouraging.

Examples of encourage


encourage
Under these plans, convicts were granted access to land and encouraged to bring their families from the mainland.
Journalists were among the key players, encouraging critical debate and public negotiation.
The journal particularly encourages studies which integrate philosophical, historical and sociological considerations.
Although teachers minimally are asked to perform as practitioners, it is preferable that they be encouraged to assume other roles as well.
One problem is certainly motivation: the language is taught at school in a way that does not encourage active use or involvement.
Intermediate floors are assumed to be the wide fair-faced slabs so common there, and internal wall or ceiling linings of timber are encouraged.
But they also are found to encourage too much agricultural production and too little timber production to maximize gains from economic development.
This is encouraging for further elaboration of the underlying theoretical framework in future studies.
Every centre was encouraged to strengthen its social science research, to address particular themes and overall staff numbers.
This has tended to encourage help from family members or others for the same tasks.
The crucial characteristic of this method is that it encourages people to express dissent.
Virtually all of these efforts presume, encourage, and sometimes even require modeling to accompany systematic reviews of clinical evidence (10).
We encourage replication studies because we believe that such work is both useful and necessary.
However, this process also encouraged elements within urban society to define themselves in opposition to rival 'communities' within their own walls.
Perhaps this can be a good thing, encouraging more careful listening.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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