agitate

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vt. 使摇动, 搅动, 使激动, 使不安 vi. 鼓动, 煽动

发音

UK /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/
US /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/

词形变化

agitated agitates 三单 agitates agitatest agitateth agitating agitating 现在分词 agitated 过去式 agitated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

摇动；骚动；使…激动

动词

煽动

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

    及物

    He was greatly agitated by the news.

  2. 2.

    To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.

    及物

    to agitate water in a vessel

    The wind agitates the sea.

  3. 3.

    To participate in political agitation (sense 3).

  4. 4.

    To set in motion; to actuate.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To discuss or debate.

    古体 及物
  6. 6.

    To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.

    古体 及物

    Politicians agitate desperate designs.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

fight charge push press shake shift campaign disturb stir crusade

反义词 1

calm

上位词 10

move trouble upset push disturb promote provoke advertise stimulate displace

下位词 10

beat bother fan toss poke rattle slash tremble wiggle scramble

近义相关 4

push promote advertise advertize

相关短语

agitate the communicator

词源

From Middle English agitat(e) (“set in motion”), borrowed from Latin agitātus, perfect passive participle of agitō (“to put in motion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of agō (“to drive, move, push”), see -tō. Cognate with French agiter. See also act and agent.

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