柯林斯詞典encouragement /?n?k?r?d?m?nt/ (encouragements) 1. N-VAR Encouragement is the activity of encouraging someone, or something that is said or done in order to encourage them. 鼓勵; 起鼓勵作用的事物 Friends gave me a great deal of encouragement. 朋友們給了我極大的鼓勵。 返回 encouragement劍橋詞典words or behaviour that give someone confidence to do something 鼓勵，激勵 Children need lots of encouragement from their parents . 孩子需要父母的不斷鼓勵。 I could never have achieved this without the encouragement of my husband and family . 如果沒有我丈夫和家人的鼓勵，我永遠都不可能取得這樣的成就。 words or behaviour that make something more likely to happen 促進；激發(fā) We give positive encouragement to applications from older candidates . 我們非常歡迎年長一些的人士遞交申請。 例句 We are extremely grateful for all your help and encouragement.He's very nervous about cooking for us, so give him lots of encouragement.As an encouragement to potential customers , they are offering three months ' interest-free credit .Some companies use bonuses as an encouragement to their staff to work harder .He never needs any encouragement to go to bed - he's always tired well before bedtime . 返回 encouragement