Something inspirational gives you encouragement, or a new idea of what you might do. Speeches, teachers, books, and films get called inspirational when they lift people and point them somewhere. There is a rarer noun use too: people sometimes talk about inspirational as a kind of writing or music meant to lift you.

Something inspirational gives you encouragement某樣inspirational的東西會給你鼓勵, or a new idea of what you might do或是給你一個關於你可以做什麼的新想法。Speeches, teachers, books, and films get called inspirational演講、老師、書和電影會被稱為inspirational when they lift people and point them somewhere當它們鼓舞人心，並為人指出一個方向的時候。There is a rarer noun use too還有一個比較少見的名詞用法：people sometimes talk about inspirational人們有時候會把inspirational當成 as a kind of writing or music meant to lift you一種用來鼓舞人的寫作或音樂類型來講。

Though actually, the word has picked up a slightly shiny, poster-on-the-wall feel. An ‘inspirational speaker’ is almost a job title now; an ‘inspirational quote’ on social media may or may not move anyone.

Though actually不過事實上, the word has picked up a slightly shiny, poster-on-the-wall feel這個字現在帶了一點閃亮亮、貼在牆上海報式的味道。An 'inspirational speaker''inspirational speaker' is almost a job title now現在幾乎是個職稱了；an 'inspirational quote' on social media社群媒體上的'inspirational quote' may or may not move anyone可能感動人，也可能沒有。

Inspiring is the sister word that still sounds more like a real feeling in the room. Careful speakers use inspirational for the thing offered (a talk, a book) and inspiring for how it lands on you — but people mix them, and nobody at the dinner table is marking that line.

Inspiring is the sister wordinspiring是它的姊妹字 that still sounds more like a real feeling in the room仍然比較像是現場真實的感受。Careful speakers use inspirational講究的人會用inspirational for the thing offered (a talk, a book)來形容被提供的東西（一場演講、一本書） and inspiring for how it lands on you而用inspiring來講它帶給你的感受 — but people mix them不過人們常常混用, and nobody at the dinner table is marking that line在餐桌上聊天沒人會在意這條界線。