inspire

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vt. 使感动, 激发, 启示, 吸入, 鼓舞, 产生, 使生灵感 vi. 吸入, 赋予灵感

发音

UK /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
其它
CA /ɪnˈspaɪɹ/
US /ɪnˈspaɪɹ/
AU /ɪnˈspɑeə(ɹ)/
NZ /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
NZ /ɪnˈspɑeə(ɹ)/

词形变化

inspired inspires 三单 inspires inspirest inspireth inspiring inspiring 现在分词 inspired 过去式 inspired 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感

to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something

We need someone who can inspire the team.

我们需要一个能鼓舞团队士气的人。

Inspired by the sunny weather, I decided to explore the woods.

阳光明媚的天气令人振奋，我决定到森林里寻幽探胜。

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

    授意

    鼓舞

    及物
  2. 2.

    To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.

    影响

    及物

    Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.

    The captain's speech was aimed to inspire her team to victory in the final.

  3. 3.

    To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

    及物/不及物
  4. 4.

    To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

    吸入

  5. 5.

    To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

    吹入

    吹奏

    古体 及物
  6. 6.

    To spread rumour indirectly.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

cheer urge inhale prompt revolutionize barrack instigate animate exalt revolutionise

上位词 10

have get make cause breathe shake occasion encourage stir excite

下位词 10

draw drag encourage puff sniff snuff snort huff sniffle aspirate

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin spīrō Latin īnspīrōbor. Old French espirer Old French enspirerbor. Middle English enspiren English inspire From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “breathe”), from in + spīrō (“breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Displaced native Old English onbryrdan (literally “to prick in”).

来源：wiktionary