1、encourage

鼓勵;激勵

When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.

事情進展不順的時候，他鼓勵我說不要放棄。

使有希望;使有信心

Investors were encouraged by the news.

那個消息給了投資者信心。

Mr Blair said he had been encouraged by recent Irish statements about the issue.

布萊爾先生說最近愛爾蘭有關這一問題的申明使他看到了希望。

鼓動；勸說；慫恿

We want to encourage people to go fishing, not put them off.

我們希望鼓勵人們去垂釣，而不是打消他們的熱情。

Herbie Hancock was encouraged by his family to learn music at a young age.

赫爾比·漢考克年幼時家人就鼓勵他學音樂。

刺激;助長;促進

a natural substance that encourages cell growth.

促進細胞生長的天然物質

Such secrecy breeds and encourages fear and suspicion.

如此保密的做法滋生并加劇了人們的恐懼和疑慮。

2、slam

(把…)砰地關上;(把…)使勁關上

She slammed the door and locked it behind her.

她砰的一下關上門，隨手鎖上了。

I was relieved to hear the front door slam.

聽見前門砰的一聲關上了，我松了一口氣。

嚴厲批評;猛烈抨擊

The famed film-maker slammed the claims as 'an outrageous lie'.

這位大名鼎鼎的電影制片人聲色俱厲地抨擊了這些說法，稱之為“無恥的謊言”。

Britain has been slammed by the United Nations for having one of the worst race relations records in the world.

由于在處理種族關系方面的表現位列全世界最糟糕的國家之一，英國遭到了聯合國的嚴厲批評。

猛烈撞擊

The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off.

飛機起飛之后不久，就有一個引擎出現故障，隨即便一頭撞上了大樓。

He slammed me against the ground.

他把我狠狠地摔在了地上。