讓某件事更容易發生
對象從人換成事：不是誰被打氣，而是某個環境或做法讓某件事比較容易出現、長大。
help something grow or happen · verb · B1
To help something become more likely to happen, exist, or grow.
助長 / 促進
核心畫面
Putting courage into someone — that is literally what the word is built from. You say or do something and the other person feels more able, or more willing, to go ahead. Point the same action at a situation instead of a person and it becomes creating the conditions for something to grow.
可以想成：把勇氣「放進」某個人裡面——這個字就是 en-（使…）加上 courage（勇氣）組成的。你說了或做了什麼…更多收起
可以想成：把勇氣「放進」某個人裡面——這個字就是 en-（使…）加上 courage（勇氣）組成的。你說了或做了什麼，對方就覺得比較有底氣、比較願意往前走。把同樣的動作對準的不是人而是一個情況，它就變成「創造讓某件事長出來的條件」。From the picture
Also in this word
make someone feel brave · verb · B1
To make someone feel brave or sure enough to try something, or to keep going.
鼓勵
urge someone to do something · verb · B1
To try to make someone want to do something by talking to them about it.
促使 / 鼓勵去做
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
encourageverb/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- Delia's coach encouraged her to focus on the positives.
- 2
To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- We encourage you to cycle instead of taking the car.
- 3
To foster, give help or patronage.
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed.
- In addition the Marquess built a brickworks adjacent to the colliery, and also greatly improved the harbour to encourage coastal shipping.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。