when you encourage someone or something, or the things that encourage them 鼓励,鼓舞;起激励作用的事物OPP discouragement
With encouragement, Sally is starting to play with the other children.
萨莉受到了鼓励,开始和其他孩子玩起来。
words of encouragement
鼓励的话
encouragement to do something
She needed no encouragement to continue (=did not need any encouragement).
她不需要鼓励也会继续做下去。
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
give somebody encouragement
My father always gave us a lot of encouragement.
offer encouragement
My parents offered encouragement and support.
get encouragement (=be given encouragement)
She got a lot of encouragement from her friends.
take/draw encouragement from something
We drew encouragement from the letters we received from well-wishers.
need encouragement
These kids just need some encouragement, that's all.
adjectives
positive encouragement (=encouraging someone by saying positive things)
It's important to balance punishment with positive encouragement.
active encouragement (=taking action as well as talking)
The scheme was set up with the active encouragement of the local authority.
considerable/great encouragement
We took considerable encouragement from our early success.
phrases
words of encouragement (=the things you say to someone as encouragement)
The rest of the team shouted out words of encouragement.
Examples from the Corpus
encouragement• Nor was official support and encouragementlimited to Catholic organisations.• But he kept your secret, Pamela, and would not own that you gave any encouragement to his addresses.• Stephen nodded to him in encouragement.• I had the brigadecommander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.• Children need lots of encouragement when they're learning new things.• "But you're doing a great job, " he added by way of encouragement.• After his speech, he shook hands and offered words of encouragement to people in the crowd.• Provided their behaviour was sportsmanlike and safe, oarsmen found only encouragement and humour from a President who was always among them.• His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement, still less activeaid.• WestIndies can take encouragement from the match.• The encouragement given made for a great rapport with the class and gave a stimulus to improve the lectures.
words of encouragement• Barbara was on her feet in a second, pushing her head forward and speaking briskwords of encouragement.• A popular grass-roots councilwoman gives a few words of encouragement to much applause.• He would wave his good arm, share a few words of encouragement, and then be wheeled off the stage again.• Give words of encouragement, and do not take away the food immediately if it is ignored.• On arrival at the hospital, however, she relaxed a little, even managing a few lighthearted words of encouragement.• As I did this, some of the team began to shout out words of encouragement.• She shouted words of encouragement and settled in for the fight.• People came in and out, but he didn't really notice them or their words of encouragement.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ENCOURAGEMENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, great, strong相當大的/極大的/強有力的鼓勵➤a little, gentle些許/溫和的鼓勵➤the slightest最微小的鼓勵◇Given the slightest encouragement, he'd leave his job.稍加鼓勵,他就會辭職。➤extra, further額外的/進一步的鼓勵◇We needed no further encouragement to stop work.我們不需要進一步鼓勵就會停工。➤constant不斷的鼓勵▸➤active, positive積極的鼓勵➤tacit默默的鼓勵➤verbal口頭鼓勵VERB + ENCOURAGEMENT➤give sb, offer (sb), provide (sb with)鼓勵某人;給予 ( 某人 ) 鼓勵◇Mick was always ready to offer advice and encouragement.米克總是樂於給別人建議和鼓勵。➤shout, yell大聲鼓勵➤use鼓勵◇Instead of criticism, use encouragement.要鼓勵,而不是批評。➤need需要鼓勵▸➤draw, find, get, have, receive, take得到/感到/受到/接受鼓舞◇I draw great encouragement from the fact that the library is always full.圖書館裏人總是滿滿的,這讓我很受鼓舞。PREPOSITION➤with encouragement在鼓勵下◇With a little encouragement, she could do really well.稍微鼓勵她一下,她就能做很出色。➤encouragement by, encouragement from來自⋯的鼓勵◇You need encouragement from people who understand what you are trying to do.你需要得到那些理解你努力在做之事的人的鼓勵。➤encouragement to對⋯的鼓勵◇Getting the boss's support was a great encouragement to those involved.對參與者而言,得到老闆的支持是莫大的鼓勵。PHRASES➤support and encouragement支持與鼓勵◇We are grateful to all our friends for their support and encouragement.我們感激所有給予我們支持和鼓勵的朋友。➤words of encouragement鼓勵的話語◇Perhaps I can offer a few words of encouragement to those who did not win any prizes this time.也許我能對這次沒有獲獎的人說幾句鼓勵的話。