embolden

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++em·bold·en /ɪmˈbəʊldən $ -ˈboʊl-/ verb [transitive]  formalCONFIDENT to give someone more courage 使有胆量，使(更)勇敢 Emboldened by her smile, he asked her to dance. 她的微笑让他鼓起勇气邀请她跳舞。→ See Verb table

em·bold·en verbChineseSyllable  

courage more Corpus someone to give

embolden
em‧bold‧en /ɪmˈbəʊldən $ -ˈboʊl-/ verb [transitive]
formal to give someone more courage:
    Emboldened by her smile, he asked her to dance.

em·bold·enBrE /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldən/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they embolden BrE /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldən/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it emboldens BrE /ɪmˈbəʊldənz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldənz/ 🔊past simple emboldened BrE /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldənd/ 🔊past participle emboldened BrE /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldənd/ 🔊 -ing form emboldening BrE /ɪmˈbəʊldənɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈboʊldənɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] (formal) to make sb feel braver or more confident 使增加勇气；使更有胆量；使更有信心◆~ sb Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆，走上前去向她作自我介绍。🔊🔊◆~ sb to do sth With such a majority, the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies. 政府有了这大多数人的支持，才敢推行激进的新政策。🔊🔊~ sth (specialist) to make a piece of text appear in bold print 将（文本）变成粗体