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If something is inspiring, it gives people a lift — excitement, and a wish to do something fine. A teacher, a story, a mountain view, a teammate who will not quit: all of these can be inspiring.
If something is inspiring如果某樣東西是inspiring的 it它 gives people a lift會給人一種提振 excitement興奮 and a wish to do something fine還有想去做一件好事的念頭 A teacher, a story, a mountain view, a teammate who will not quit老師、故事、山景、不放棄的隊友 all of these can be inspiring這些都可以是inspiring的
It is the everyday adjective from the verb inspire, and it still sounds like a feeling, not a product. You can also meet inspiring as the -ing form of the verb: she is inspiring the team.
It它 is the everyday adjective是日常用的形容詞 from the verb inspire來自動詞inspire and it still sounds like a feeling而且聽起來還是一種感覺 not a product不是一個產品 You你 can also meet inspiring也會遇到inspiring as the -ing form of the verb當成動詞的-ing形式 she is inspiring the teamshe is inspiring the team
Though actually, people now stick inspiring on almost anything they like (‘this sandwich is inspiring’), and that stretch is half a joke.
Though actually不過其實 people人們 now stick inspiring on almost anything they like現在幾乎什麼喜歡的東西都貼上inspiring ('this sandwich is inspiring')('this sandwich is inspiring') and that stretch is half a joke這樣的擴大用法有一半是在開玩笑
Compared with inspirational, this one is warmer and less like a poster. If a person is inspiring, you want to be a bit more like them; if a talk is only ‘inspirational’, it may just be well packaged.
Compared with inspirational跟inspirational比起來 this one這個字 is warmer and less like a poster比較溫暖,比較不像海報標語 If a person is inspiring如果一個人是inspiring的 you你 want to be a bit more like them會想要更像他一點 if a talk is only 'inspirational'如果一場演講只是'inspirational' it它 may just be well packaged可能只是包裝得好
組成inspire + -ing. The -ing form of the verb, used as an adjective (and still as a verb: is inspiring someone).
同家族的字
- inspirethe verb this -ing form comes from
- inspirationthe noun
- inspirationalthe sister adjective, a little more packaged
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。
inspiringadj/ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
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Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
inspiringnoun/ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
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inspiration
- From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。