agitate

英 ['ædʒɪteɪt] 美 ['ædʒɪteɪt]

• v. 煽动；搅动；焦虑

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi & vt. 激烈争论; 鼓励,煽动

   argue strongly for sth you want, especially for changes in a law, in social conditions, etc.

2. vt. 激怒; 使激动

   make sb feel angry, anxious or nervous

3. vt. 搅动; 摇动(液体等)

   make sth especially a liquid move around by stirring or shaking it

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 煽动，鼓动，搅乱（人心），使骚动
2. 搅动，摇动，拨动，搅拌
3. 使激动，使不安，使焦虑
4. 激烈辩论，热烈讨论，激烈争论（某问题）
5. 鼓吹，游说
6. 使汹涌
7. <古>沉思，使谋虑
8. 发起运动

英英释义

Verb:

1. try to stir up public opinion

2. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;

   "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
   

3. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;

   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"
   "She is crusading for women's rights"
   "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
   

4. move very slightly;

   "He shifted in his seat"
   

5. move or cause to move back and forth;

   "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"
   "My hands were shaking"
   

6. change the arrangement or position of

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They sent agents to agitate the local people.
   他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
2. Agitate the mixture to dissolve the powder.
   搅动混合物而使粉末溶化。
3. He was agitated about his wife's health.
   他为他妻子的健康感到不安。
4. He became quite agitated when he was asked about his criminal past.
   当问到他过去的犯罪历史时，他变得十分焦虑不安。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. They were agitating against reform.
   他们鼓动反对进行改革。
2. As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war.
   作为一个年轻人,他强烈反对越南战争。
3. That group is agitating against higher taxes.
   那群人发起反对增税的运动。
4. The paper agitated for better housing.
   这家报纸鼓吹要改善住房条件。
5. They agitated strongly for better conditions for pensioners.
   他们强烈要求为领取养老金的人提供更好的条件。
6. The workers were agitating for higher wages.
   工人们鼓动着要求加薪。
7. Her family are agitating to have her transferred to a prison in the UK.
   她的家人正多方游说把她转到英国监狱。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He has rich experience in agitating the people.
   他有宣传鼓动人们的丰富经验。
2. Anti-slavery leaders agitated the question of slavery for many years.
   反对奴隶制的领袖们就奴隶制问题进行了多年的激烈争论。
3. Her speech agitated the crowd.
   她的演说使群众情绪激动。
4. I don't want to agitate him unduly.
   我不想让他过分焦急。
5. This remark seemed to agitate her guest.
   这句话似乎激怒了她的客人。
6. The news will only agitate him—let's wait till tomorrow to tell him.
   这消息只会使他不安——让我们等到明天再告诉他。
7. The wind agitated the leaves of trees.
   风吹动树叶。
8. The hurricane winds agitated the sea.
   阵阵飓风掀起惊涛骇浪。
9. A mixer agitates the cement until it is ready to pour.
   搅拌器搅拌水泥,直至可以用来灌注。
10. Agitate the mixture to dissolve the powder.
    搅动混合剂使粉末溶化。
11. Ella pours in the chemicals and begins agitating the tank.
    埃拉倒进化学制剂,然后用力搅动桶里的液体。
12. Pour the powder into the solution and agitate it until the powder has dissolved.
    将粉末倒入溶液并摇动,真到粉末溶解。
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13. I was agitated at the news.
    这个消息使我焦虑不安。
14. Uncle Jack seems strangely agitated.
    杰克大叔似乎很奇怪地坐立不安。
15. She was much agitated by his sudden appearance at the party.
    她因他突然出现在聚会上而甚感不安。
16. She was deeply agitated until she learnt that her husband was safe.
    她一直深感不安,直到得知她丈夫得救的消息才放心。
17. He became quite agitated when he was asked about his criminal past.
    当问到他过去犯罪的历史时,他变得十分焦虑不安。
18. The tree was agitated violently by the wind.
    风使树摇晃得厉害。

经典引文

• Too much coffee agitates the nerves.

  出自： D. J. Enright

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• agitate one's fan 扇扇子
• agitate cement 搅拌水泥
• agitate the antiapartheid question 热烈讨论反种族隔离问题

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. agitate的基本意思是“搅动”或“摇动”,主要用于液体,含猛烈、持久的意味。agitate 用于人时指感情的扰动或激动,即强调明显的精神紧张或情绪激动的迹象。可指“激怒某人”,也可指“鼓励; 煽动; 激烈争论”。作后者解时主要用于涉及社会状况改变或法律时。
2. agitate作“激怒; 使不安”解时用作及物动词; 作“激烈争论”解时可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。作“鼓励; 煽动”解时用作不及物动词, agitate against意为“鼓动反对”; agitate for意为“鼓动争取”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

agitate, disturb, perturb, upset

• 这组词都有“扰乱”的意思。其区别是：
• disturb有时并不意味着使受扰的人动了感情; perturb的意思是“把…扰得紊乱不安”,使受扰乱者焦急烦恼; agitate强调使受扰乱者感情激动甚至不能克制自己; upset的意思是使人心绪烦乱,感觉不舒服,或打乱预定的安排。

agitate for, advocate, air, preach

• 这组词语都有“鼓吹”的意思。其区别在于:preach指认为正当或有价值而极力主张; advocate指公开宣扬一种计划或主张; agitate for则指公开极力宣扬或强烈反对某些政治或社会变革; 而air则指大声宣扬自己的思想、观点或抱怨等。

upset，agitate，disturb，perturb

• 这些动词均有“使不安，使心烦意乱”之意。
• upset最普通，最通俗用词，侧重失去精神上的平静，心理上完全丧失平衡。
• agitate侧重指内心的焦虑，难于控制，表露于外。
• disturb指因某人的行动、扰乱、妨碍安静等而使人不得安宁。
• perturb书面语用词，指使人焦急烦恼，扰得心情不安。

近反义词

【近义词】

• excite
• shake
• disturb
• upset

【反义词】

• calm
• quiet

派生词

v.(动词)

• agitated adj. 焦虑不安的; 激动的‖agitation n. 焦虑不安; 忧虑; 烦乱‖agitator n. (政治上的)煽动者,鼓动者