encourage，英语单词，主要用作动词，主要意思为“鼓励，激励；鼓动，怂恿”等。

英 [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] 美 [ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒ]

v. 鼓励，激励；鼓动，怂恿；刺激，促进

[ 第三人称单数 encourages 现在分词 encouraging 过去式 encouraged 过去分词 encouraged ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

encourage /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/ CET4 TEM4 ( encouraging, encouraged, encourages )

1.V-T If you encourage someone, you give them confidence, for example by letting them know that what they are doing is good and telling them that they should continue to do it. 鼓励

2.V-T If someone is encouraged by something that happens, it gives them hope or confidence. 鼓舞 [usu passive]

3.encouraged ADJ 受到鼓舞的 [v-link ADJ]

4.V-T If you encourage someone to do something, you try to persuade them to do it, for example, by telling them that it would be a pleasant thing to do, or by trying to make it easier for them to do it. You can also encourage an activity. 激励

5.V-T If something encourages a particular activity or state, it causes it to happen or increase. 促使.

encourage investment 鼓励投资

Encourage merger 鼓励兼并

Divine Guidance Encourage 神圣指引 ; 极其崇高指点引导 ; 崇高指引

encourage more immediate consumption 鼓励增加即期消费

Encourage the Mashup 鼓励混合 ; 社会化 ; 内容混合将是不可避免的事 ; 社会化网络时代

encourage sb to do 鼓励某人做 ; 鼓励某人做某事 ; 鼓励某人干 ; 鼓舞某人做

encourage and reward [劳经] 奖励 ; 嘉奖 ; 曾获奖励

Encourage each other 自勉 ; 互相鼓励对方 ; 互相鼓励 ; 鼓励彼此