1520s, "put heart into" (transitive), from heart (n.) in the figurative sense + -en (1). Intransitive sense "to cheer up" is from 1708. Related: Heartened; heartening. Earlier verb was simply heart (Old English).
双语例句
1. The manager tried to hearten ( up ) the players.
经理设法为选手们打气.
来自辞典例句
2. I will go first to hearten thee.
我要先让你振作起来.
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3. This new clause may hearten domestic opponents of moves dictated from Brussels.
这个新的条款可能让受制于欧盟的国内反对阵营振奋人心.
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4. Good: You hearten explain adolescent sex knowledge to the daughter.
