heartened

英 [ˈhɑːtnd]

美 [ˈhɑːrtnd]

v.  激励; 鼓励
hearten的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：heartened　过去式：heartened　

BNC.42903 / COCA.41860

柯林斯词典

• VERB 鼓舞;使振奋
  If someoneis heartened bysomething, it encourages them and makes them cheerful.
  1. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday...
     他会为昨天公布的电话民意调查结果感到鼓舞。
  2. The news heartened everybody.
     该消息让每个人都感到振奋。

双语例句

• The economic expansion also has gained strength as confident consumers spend more, heartened by the rise in employment and the fall of oil prices.
  受到就业增长和油价下跌的鼓舞，重获信心的消费者增加了支出，经济扩张的势头也得以增强。
• Critics of the bill have been heartened by comments on Tuesday by Barack Obama, US president, that it should not send a protectionist message.
  美国总统奥巴马周二表示，经济刺激计划不应该发出贸易保护主义的信息。对上述计划的批评人士为此受到鼓励。
• He said he was heartened by the progress the countries are making on the matter.
  他说他对相关国家在这个问题上所取得的进展感到鼓舞。
• But I'm heartened by our ability to come together to do what's best for middle class families across this country, and our economy as a whole.
  但我依然为我们有能力走到一起，做一些对我们国家的中产阶级家庭和我们整个经济最为有利的事情而感到欢欣鼓舞。
• Investors are heartened that the automaker has stabilized following four years of post-bankruptcy restructuring.
  破产重组四年后，通用汽车终于重新站稳了脚跟，投资人也因此倍感鼓舞。
• Scarlett's visit to the Fontaines had heartened her more than she realized.
  拜访方丹家以后思嘉精神上受到的鼓舞，比她自己所意识到的要大得多。
• We are heartened to see that in the past 20 years, the concept of sustainable development has been widely accepted, and major progress has been made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
  20年来，可持续发展理念深入人心，实现千年发展目标取得重大进展。对此，我们深受鼓舞！
• Generations of children have been heartened by the thought that this Nobel Prize winner did badly at school, but they're sadly mistaken.
  一代代的孩子都感到欣慰的是认为这诺贝尔奖得主曾在学校不好，但他们大错特错了。
• The news heartened everybody.
  该消息让每个人都感到振奋。
• I'm immediately heartened by your magnificent spirit and will-power.
  你的伟大的精神和意志力大大鼓舞了我。