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

• I am very heartened by her success in the last election.
  她在上次选举中的胜利使我深受鼓舞。
• 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。
• We were heartened by the fall in the unemployment figures.
  失业数字的下降使我们受到鼓舞。
• Addressing the nation on Wednesday night, George W. Bush, US president, had warned that without action the US could "experience a long and painful recession", adding that he was heartened by "widespread agreement" on the plan.
  美国总统布什周三晚对全国发表讲话，他警告，如果没有采取行动，美国可能“经历一场长期而痛苦的衰退”，并补充道，他为救市方案得到“广泛赞同”感到振奋。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Premier, heartened with the agreements we have reached, cheered by frankness and fullness of our discussions, grateful for the hospitality you have accorded our party.
  我们所达成的协议使我受到鼓舞，我们坦率而又充分的会谈是我感到高兴，你们给予我们一行的款待使我十分感激。
• 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。