inspire

英 [ɪn'spaɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'spaɪər]

• vt. 鼓舞；激发；产生；赋予...灵感
• vi. 吸入

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 鼓舞,激励

   fill sb with thoughts, feelings or aims

2. vt. 赋予(某人)灵感; 启迪; 引发

   fill sb with the ability or urge to do, feel, etc. sth beyond his usual ability

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 鼓舞
2. 产生
3. 赋予灵感
4. 激励
5. 煽动
6. 吸
7. 驱使
8. 注入
9. 给…以启示
10. 灌注
11. 激起
12. 唤起
13. 使感悟
14. 引起
15. 吸气
16. 激发
17. 吸入
18. 使感动
19. 启示
20. 启发
21. 原义
22. 启迪
23. 使产生

英英释义

Verb:

1. heighten or intensify;

   "These paintings exalt the imagination"
   

2. supply the inspiration for;

   "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
   

3. serve as the inciting cause of;

   "She prompted me to call my relatives"
   

4. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts;

   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
   

5. fill with revolutionary ideas

6. draw in (air);

   "Inhale deeply"
   "inhale the fresh mountain air"
   "The patient has trouble inspiring"
   "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We're trying to inspire him with confidence.
   我们在努力鼓舞他的自信心。
2. The sight inspired him with nostalgia.
   这景象激起了他的怀旧之情。
3. The failure inspired him to greater efforts.
   失败激发他作更大的努力。
4. You inspire me with admiration.
   你使我产生爱慕之心。
5. The Muse does not inspire all poets equally.
   诗神并不一视同仁地赐予所有诗人以灵感。
6. His best music was inspired by the memory of his mother.
   他最好的乐曲创作灵感来自怀念他的母亲。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. His speech inspired the crowd.
   他的演说鼓舞了群众。
2. He tried to inspire them to greater efforts.
   他试图鼓励他们作出更大的努力。
3. The officer's courage inspired confidence in his soldiers.
   那位军官的勇气激发了士兵的信心。
4. His wife inspired his first novel.
   他妻子激发了他写第一部小说的灵感。
5. You inspired me by playing the piano so beautifully.
   你弹奏的优美的钢琴曲激发了我的灵感。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. What inspired him to give such a brilliant performance?
   什么使他能作出如此精彩的表演?
2. The memory of his mother inspired him to write his greatest poetry.
   他对母亲的怀念给了他灵感,从而创作出他最伟大的诗篇。
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3. I was inspired to work harder by his example.
   他的榜样激励我更加努力工作。

经典引文

• He mused, and was inspired: the Great Exhibition came into his head.

  出自： L. Strachey

• Church and Regime believed themselves divinely inspired.

  出自： C. Hope

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• be inspired by 受…的鼓舞
• inspire sb for〔to〕 efforts 鼓舞某人作出努力
• inspire sth in sb 〔sb with sth 〕 激发某人的某种情感

词义辨析

touch，inspire，move

• 这些动词均有“感动，打动”之意。
• touch主要用于表示怜悯或同情等场合，侧重感动。
• inspire指激起勇气和信心，侧重鼓励，有时含“启发灵感”之意。
• move与touch可换用，但语气强一些，运用范围广些。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的enspirer；最初源自拉丁语的inspirare，意为引导，诱导。

近反义词

【近义词】

• arouse
• cause
• encourage
• fire

【反义词】

• discourage
• kill
• suppress