Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived f

Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in bracket. 

Universities offer fellowship to ( ) research in basic theoretical studies. (courage)


【正确答案】:ENCOURAGE
【题目解析】:

本题考查常见名词的动词形式。

由to可知,空缺处应填动词,courage的动词形式是encourage意为“鼓励”。

句意:大学设立了研究基金以鼓励基础理论的学术研究。