The teacher's steady encouragement helped the young researcher persist through months of difficult data analysis.
老师不断的鼓励帮助这位年轻的研究者在数月艰难的数据分析中坚持下去。
Which choice best defines “encouragement”?
A — The act of giving support or confidence. “encouragement” means the act of giving support or confidence.
Which word means “the act of giving support or confidence”?
A — encouragement. “encouragement” means the act of giving support or confidence.
encouragement — the act of giving support or confidence. In Chinese: 鼓励.
encouragement is pronounced /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt/.
The teacher's steady encouragement helped the young researcher persist through months of difficult data analysis. (老师不断的鼓励帮助这位年轻的研究者在数月艰难的数据分析中坚持下去。)
support, motivation, inspiration — all close in meaning to encouragement (the act of giving support or confidence).
discouragement, deterrence — each the opposite of encouragement (the act of giving support or confidence).
Yes. encouragement is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.