Word · Frequency #15248
inspirational
神感的；神灵启示的
divinely inspiring; imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul
此处指宗教或心灵层面的神圣启示，不是常见的“鼓舞人心的”一义。
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Having the ability to inspire.
具有启发能力的；鼓舞人心的。
具有启发能力的；鼓舞人心的。；凭灵感的；鼓舞人心的；神感的
In use
Her inspirational speech at the graduation ceremony moved everyone to tears.
My coach is an inspirational leader who always encourages us to do our best.
The documentary about the mountain climbers was truly inspirational and made me want to start hiking.
inspirational + noun
inspirational 作定语时直接放在名词前，修饰人或事物。
She gave an inspirational speech at the conference.
她在会上作了一场鼓舞人心的演讲。
be inspirational to + noun/pronoun
表示“对……有鼓舞作用”时常用介词 to。
His story is inspirational to many young people.
他的故事激励了许多年轻人。
find + noun + inspirational
find + 宾语 + inspirational 表示“觉得……鼓舞人心”，宾语后直接跟形容词。
I find her dedication truly inspirational.
我觉得她的奉献精神真是鼓舞人心。
Common mistakes
He is an inspirational to me.He is an inspiration to me.
inspirational 是形容词，意为“鼓舞人心的”，不能作名词；表示“鼓舞人心的人或事物”要用名词 inspiration，且不定冠词 an 后面需接名词。
I felt very inspirational after the speech.I felt very inspired after the speech.
inspirational 描述的是事物本身“令人鼓舞的”；指人受到鼓舞后的感受要用分词形容词 inspired。不要把表示事物性质的形容词用来描述人的临时情绪。
Connections
Collocations
- inspirational speech
- 鼓舞人心的演讲
- Her inspirational speech moved everyone in the audience.她那鼓舞人心的演讲打动了在场的每一个人。
- inspirational quote
- 鼓舞人心的名言
- He started each day by reading an inspirational quote.他每天以阅读一句鼓舞人心的名言开始。
- inspirational figure
- 鼓舞人心的人物
- The coach is an inspirational figure to the young players.这位教练对年轻球员来说是一个鼓舞人心的人物。
- inspirational story
- 励志故事
- The book is full of inspirational stories about overcoming hardship.这本书里满是关于克服困难的励志故事。
- inspirational message
- 鼓舞人心的信息
- Her letter carried an inspirational message of hope.她的信中传递了一条充满希望的鼓舞人心的信息。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
inspirational 里藏着 inspire（鼓舞），想象有人在你心里“吸气”吹起一股力量，让你振奋又受启发。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教文本、文学评论 此处指神灵启示或神感，多用于宗教或文学语境，书面色彩较强，口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Conversational, occupational, educational, and relational rhyme with inspirational: their stressed vowel is /eɪ/ followed by /ʃənəl/. National and rational look like the same '-ational' ending but are pronounced with /æ/ ('NA-shə-nəl', 'RA-shə-nəl'), so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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