英语单词 | inspire |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'spaɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'spaɪər] |
中文释义 | vt.鼓舞;激发;产生;赋予...灵感 vi.吸入 |
英语例句 | (1) We're trying to inspire him with confidence. (2) The sight inspired him with nostalgia. (3) The failure inspired him to greater efforts. (4) You inspire me with admiration. (5) The Muse does not inspire all poets equally. (6) His best music was inspired by the memory of his mother. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们在努力鼓舞他的自信心。 (2) 这景象激起了他的怀旧之情。 (3) 失败激发他作更大的努力。 (4) 你使我产生爱慕之心。 (5) 诗神并不一视同仁地赐予所有诗人以灵感。 (6) 他最好的乐曲创作灵感来自怀念他的母亲。 |
vocabulary简明 | The Olympics often inspire people to take up a sport, but they can also inspire patriotism. Inspire means to excite, encourage, or breathe life into. |
vocabulary扩展 | Inspire comes from the Latin word that means to inflame or to blow in to. When you inspire something, it is as if you are blowing air over a low flame to make it grow. A film can be inspired by a true story. Studying for your test will inspire confidence in you. Successful people often have a role model who inspired them to greatness. Who inspires you? |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]激励;鼓舞;驱使 If someone or something inspires you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it. [V n to-inf]
2 [VERB 动词]启发;使产生灵感和热情 If someone or something inspires you, they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm. [V n]
3 [VERB 动词]作为…的为灵感来源;是…的原型 If a book, work of art, or action is inspired by something, that thing is the source of the idea for it. [ [V-ed] [usu passive]
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4 [VERB 动词]激起,唤起(某种感情或反应) Someone or something that inspires a particular emotion or reaction in people makes them feel this emotion or reaction. [V n]
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