exhort
- v. 劝诫, 力劝
- Definition
- v. to strongly urge or advise someone to do something
- Example
- The coach would exhort her players to keep running until the end.
- 教练会不断激励她的球员们坚持跑到最后。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to strongly encourage someone to act (verb).
比较义项：力劝，敦促某人做某事（动词）。
- urge
The common, everyday word for strongly encouraging someone; neutral register, used in speech and writing, often with a sense of urgency or personal concern.
urge 是日常常用词，用于强烈鼓励某人；语域中性，口语书面均可，常带有紧迫感或个人关切的意味。
My doctor urged me to quit smoking after the checkup last week.
上周体检后，我的医生极力劝我戒烟。
- exhort 本词
A formal, literary word, often used for encouraging a group or audience with passion; suggests repeated, earnest appeals rather than a single urgent request.
exhort 是正式、书面化的词，常用于热切地激励一群人或听众；强调反复、诚恳的劝勉，而非一次性的紧急要求。
The general exhorted his troops to hold the line until reinforcements arrived.
将军劝勉他的部队坚守阵地，直到援军到达。
Urge and exhort both mean to strongly encourage someone. Urge is common and everyday, used in speech and writing, often with urgency. Exhort is formal and literary, used for encouraging a group with passion and repeated appeals.
这两个词在此义项上都表示极力劝说或鼓励某人做某事，但正式程度和典型语境不同：urge 是日常常用词，exhort 更正式、书面化，常用于演讲、教练或领袖对众人的激励。urge 还有“催促、迫切要求”的紧迫感，exhort 则更强调反复、热切的劝勉语气。