hearten

/ˈhɑːtn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːrtn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhär-tᵊn/ (ame, mw)

hearten — 動詞

  • heartenpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • heartenshe / she / it
  • heartenedpast simple
  • heartening-ing form

1. to make someone feel more hopeful and confident when they were worried or unsure

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

鼓舞；振奮

使人感到更有希望或信心

to make someone feel more hopeful and confident when they were worried or unsure about something

例句

The team was heartened by the loud support from the fans during the final match.

在決賽中，球迷們的熱情支持讓球隊士氣大振。

passive: be heartened by + noun (source of encouragement)

News of the scholarship heartened Mei-Lin and her family after months of worry.

獎學金的消息讓 Mei-Lin 和她的家人放下了長久以來的憂慮。

active: news/or result heartens someone

同義詞
  • encourage

    more common and broader; can be used with a person as the subject (I encouraged her), while hearten usually needs an event as subject

  • cheer

    more informal; suggests lifting someone's mood from sadness, not necessarily from worry or doubt

  • reassure

    focuses on removing doubt or fear rather than adding hope

反義詞
  • discourage

    to make someone lose confidence or hope — the direct opposite

  • dishearten

    slightly more common than hearten; specifically about losing hope in a difficult situation

文法句型

hearten + object

be heartened + by/at/to + noun

be heartened + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Often used in the passive voice (be heartened by/at) to describe a person's emotional response to good news or positive events. The active form typically has an impersonal or abstract subject (news, result, development) rather than a person.

常見錯誤

❌I heartened my friend.
✅My friend was heartened by my words.
💡The active subject is usually news, a result, or an event, not a person acting directly. Use 'encourage' instead when a person is the doer.
❌She heartened at the good news.
✅She was heartened at the good news.
💡Hearten requires an object or passive form; it is not used intransitively.