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单词 inspire
释义
inspire
(ɪnspaɪəʳ )
Word forms: inspires , inspiring , inspired
1. verb B2
If someone or something inspires you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it.
These herbs will inspire you to try out all sorts of exotic-flavoured dishes! [VERB noun to-infinitive]
Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
And what inspired you to change your name? [VERB noun to-infinitive]
Synonyms: motivate, move, cause, stimulate  
2. verb B2
If someone or something inspires you, they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm.
Jimi Hendrix inspired a generation of guitarists. [VERB noun]
3. verb [usually passive] B2
If a book, work of art, or action is inspired by something, that thing is the source of the idea for it.
The book was inspired by a real person, namely Tamara de Treaux. [be VERB-ed + by]
...a political murder inspired by the same nationalist conflicts now wrecking the country. [VERB-ed]
-inspired combining form
...Mediterranean-inspired ceramics in bright yellow and blue.
Jamaica's socialist government is adopting U.S.-inspired free market practices.
4. verb B2
Someone or something that inspires a particular emotion or reaction in people makes them feel this emotion or reaction.
The car's performance quickly inspires confidence. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: arouse, cause, produce, excite  
Collocations:
inspire a poet
The watery city of merchants has inspired poets, artists and writers of all stripes and, latterly, boatloads of tourists.
The Sun
In each episode, he explores the history of the river through art and culture, discovering that it has inspired poets, painters, novelists and historians.
Times, Sunday Times
Of the abbey, only the parish church remains; it reputedly inspired a poet in one of his greatest works.
Times, Sunday Times
The nightingale's song can be both joyful and melancholy, evoking love and loss in the dead of night, and it has inspired poets across the ages.
Times, Sunday Times
Magnificent vistas and skylines have inspired poets, writers, philosophers and musicians for centuries.
Times, Sunday Times
inspire love
Like all the best soldiers he had inspired love, devotion and fierce loyalty in his men.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was a true person and he inspired love in his friends.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
With her own great zest for life, she inspired love, and her plain speaking was always readily forgiven.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
inspire passion
Perhaps more than any other food, tomatoes inspire passion.
Smithsonian
I obviously don't inspire passion.
Times, Sunday Times
I want our shows to inspire passion and debate.
The Times Literary Supplement
It's probably my attempt to find things in my life to write about that inspire passion and extreme feelings.
The Sun
The moon love-matches you with someone who inspires passion and trust.
The Sun
inspire respect
Golf heroes generally inspire respect.
Times,Sunday Times
It must inspire respect and, in some form, love - for its ideals and culture.
Times, Sunday Times
He was professional and meticulous in his approach, which inspired respect, affection and loyalty from his clients and colleagues.
Times, Sunday Times
We like parameters: the ability to say no speaks of a confidence that inspires respect.
Times, Sunday Times
Recognized as being laborious, bees inspire respect.
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inspire trust
You inspire trust, making you the one to take charge and ensure everyone has their say in family decisions.
The Sun
More than that, the transforming leader must inspire trust, empathically accept his followers, and tolerate their imperfections while he himself avoids a stance of condescending superiority.
Christianity Today
If you want to inspire trust, on the other hand, you would be better off ending on a sharply rising note.
Times, Sunday Times
When it comes to facial care, there are certain words that don't automatically inspire trust.
Times, Sunday Times
To inspire trust, a charity must behave like a charity, not just call itself one.
Times, Sunday Times
politically inspired
I went to fringe stuff, leftist, politically inspired theatre like 7:84.
Times, Sunday Times
These reports never receive the attention they deserve, partly because they are dismissed as politically inspired but more because they do not announce new policies.
Times, Sunday Times
Politically inspired barriers to trade are a blight on the world.
Times, Sunday Times
Matters have worsened as politically inspired managerial activities have come to dominate its control.
Times, Sunday Times
He rejects these as politically inspired and says he has studied his record and his flaws.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 鼓舞
Japanese: ~する気にさせる
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