英语词汇“hortatory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Hortatory is a word used to describe a behavior or action that is encouraging. In the face of great economic crisis, the president's speech takes on a hortatory or encouraging tone, at a time when people most need the reassurance.

Hortatory, pronounced hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, is probably not a word you hear a lot, but what it describes is common. Teachers often give hortatory speeches when students are most overwhelmed. Coaches scream hortatory remarks to their team in the locker room to keep the players motivated. When you're lying in bed in the morning ignoring your alarm, look for that little hortatory voice in your head, encouraging you to get up so that you're not late.

WORD FAMILY

hortatory

USAGE EXAMPLES

When depicting his main characters’ inner turmoil, Richardson moves well beyond his hortatory preoccupations.

The New Yorker(May 16, 2016)

It also had to be neutral, not familiar, and not in any way hortatory.

New York Times(Mar 12, 2016)

The arrival of a single pregnant rat could undo all that work; hence the hortatory signage.

The New Yorker(Dec 15, 2014)

adj giving strong encouragement

Syn

exhortative, exhortatory, hortative
encouraging

giving courage or confidence or hope

单词	hortatory
释义	hortatory (once / 43454 pages) adj Hortatory is a word used to describe a behavior or action that is encouraging. In the face of great economic crisis, the president's speech takes on a hortatory or encouraging tone, at a time when people most need the reassurance. Hortatory, pronounced hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, is probably not a word you hear a lot, but what it describes is common. Teachers often give hortatory speeches when students are most overwhelmed. Coaches scream hortatory remarks to their team in the locker room to keep the players motivated. When you're lying in bed in the morning ignoring your alarm, look for that little hortatory voice in your head, encouraging you to get up so that you're not late. WORD FAMILY hortatory USAGE EXAMPLES When depicting his main characters’ inner turmoil, Richardson moves well beyond his hortatory preoccupations. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) It also had to be neutral, not familiar, and not in any way hortatory. New York Times(Mar 12, 2016) The arrival of a single pregnant rat could undo all that work; hence the hortatory signage. The New Yorker(Dec 15, 2014) adj giving strong encouragement Syn exhortative, exhortatory, hortative encouraging giving courage or confidence or hope
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