Word · Frequency #881
encouraging
鼓励；激励；支持
encouraging is the present participle of encourage.
核心释义
to give someone confidence, hope, or courage
- 1.
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.
- 2.
激励,强烈推荐。
To spur on, strongly recommend.
- 3.
培养,给予帮助或资助。
To foster, give help or patronage.
怂恿；煽动；助长；精神上支持；激励,给予勇气、希望或精神。；激励,强烈推荐。；培养,给予帮助或资助。；鼓励
用法In use
My teacher always encourages us to ask questions in class.
用法提示：encourage 作动词，后接宾语和不定式，表示‘鼓励某人做某事’。
The coach encouraged the players after the loss.
用法提示：encouraged 是过去式，表示给予信心、支持。
We encourage everyone to recycle their plastic bottles.
用法提示：encourage 接代词和不定式，强调倡导、支持的行为。
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。
encourage sb in sth
表示在某方面给予鼓励或支持。
Teachers should encourage students in their studies.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- encourage someone to do something
- 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。
- strongly encourage
- 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。
- encourage participation
- 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。
- encourage growth
- 促进增长
- A positive work environment encourages professional growth.积极的工作环境促进职业成长。
- encourage development
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将encourage拆解为en（使）+ courage（勇气），意为使人有勇气，即鼓励。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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