hearten

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vt. 使振作, 激励 vi. 振作

发音

UK /ˈhɑːtn̩/
其它
US /ˈhɑɹtn̩/

词形变化

heartened heartenest hearteneth heartening heartens 三单 heartens heartening 现在分词 heartened 过去式 heartened 过去分词

别名

harten

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

    及物

    hearten the crowd

    News of the recovery helped to hearten the family.

    The soldiers were heartened by the general’s speech.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

cheer recreate embolden

反义词 1

dishearten

上位词 1

encourage

下位词 2

buck up take heart

词源

From heart + -en.

来源：wiktionary