1.The credit card joint venture has made an encouraging start, signing up close to 1m customers in the first year of operations.
信用卡合资业务开局喜人，在运营的第一年就签下近100万个客户。
2.Ji-sung Park is expecting further improvement from United in the coming weeks, after an encouraging start to the season.
朴智星认为曼联在未来几周的表现还会更好，本赛季球队的开局还算不错。
3.The offer of renminbi deposits and currency exchange services by banks in Hong Kong got off to a very encouraging start a week ago.
上星期本港银行开始提供人民币存款及兑换服务，市场反应令人非常鼓舞。
4.The US holiday shopping season got off to an encouraging start, with sales on the day after Thanksgiving up 3% from last year.
美国假期购物消费在一片鼓励声中开始，感恩节后的第二天销售量高出去年3%。