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encourage sb to do sth
最常用模式，表示鼓励某人做某事。
My parents encouraged me to apply for the job.
我父母鼓励我申请那份工作。
鼓励；激励；支持
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
鼓励；激励；支持
to give someone confidence, hope, or courage
My parents encouraged me to apply for the job.
我父母鼓励我申请那份工作。
精神上支持；激励,给予勇气、希望或精神。
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
激励,强烈推荐。
To spur on, strongly recommend.
培养,给予帮助或资助。
To foster, give help or patronage.
encourage
Base
原形
encourages
3rd person
第三人称单数
encouraging
-ing
现在分词
encouraged
Past
过去式
encouraged
Past participle
过去分词
She encourages her students to ask questions.
她鼓励学生提问。
He encouraged me to apply for the job.
他鼓励我申请这份工作。
They are encouraging more people to recycle.
他们正在鼓励更多人回收利用。
My teacher always encourages us to ask questions in class.
我的老师总是鼓励我们在课堂上提问。
The coach encouraged the players after the loss.
教练在失利后鼓励了队员们。
We encourage everyone to recycle their plastic bottles.
我们鼓励大家回收塑料瓶。
最常用模式，表示鼓励某人做某事。
My parents encouraged me to apply for the job.
我父母鼓励我申请那份工作。
表示在某方面给予鼓励或支持。
Teachers should encourage students in their studies.
老师应该在学习上鼓励学生。
较正式，用于鼓励某种行为或活动。
The new policy encourages using public transport.
新政策鼓励使用公共交通。
Not this
She encouraged him go.
Use this
She encouraged him to go.
错误：遗漏了不定式符号'to'。encourage sb to do sth是固定搭配，必须使用带to的不定式作宾语补足语。
Not this
He gave me encourage.
Use this
He gave me encouragement.
错误：将动词'encourage'误用作名词。'give'后需要名词作宾语，应使用名词形式'encouragement'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
鼓励某人做某事
Parents should encourage their children to explore new hobbies.
父母应该鼓励孩子探索新的爱好。
强烈鼓励
We strongly encourage all students to participate in the workshop.
我们强烈鼓励所有学生参加这个研讨会。
鼓励参与
The teacher used group activities to encourage participation.
老师通过小组活动来鼓励参与。
促进增长
A positive work environment encourages professional growth.
积极的工作环境促进职业成长。
促进发展
The government provides funds to encourage economic development.
政府提供资金以促进经济发展。
所以，你们要互相鼓励、彼此建立，就像你们一直以来所做的那样。
This is a well-known Bible verse from 1 Thessalonians 5:11. It is often quoted to emphasize the importance of supporting and uplifting one another, and it appears in many cultural contexts, including sermons, literature, and motivational speeches.
这是圣经《帖撒罗尼迦前书》5章11节中广为人知的一节经文。它常被引用来强调互相支持和鼓励的重要性，出现在许多布道、文学作品和励志演讲中。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
将encourage拆解为en（使）+ courage（勇气），意为使人有勇气，即鼓励。
常见场景：日常交流、正式写作、教育 通常用于中性语域，在日常交流、正式写作和教育场景中都很常见。
Words like 'courage' and 'discourage' are true rhymes with 'encourage' sharing the stressed vowel /ɜː/ and ending /ɪdʒ/. Words ending in '-age' like 'baggage', 'village', 'manage', 'damage' have the same /ɪdʒ/ ending but different stressed vowels, so they are not exact rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.