单词 | agitate |
释义 | agitate /'aedsiteit; 'aedsS/tet/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A] move or shake (a liquid); stir up (the surface of a liquid). 摇动 (液体); 搅动 (液体的表面) 。 2 [VP6A] disturb; cause anxiety to (a person, his mind or feelings): 扰乱; 激动; 使烦乱: She was deeply ~d until she learnt that her husband was among the survivors. 她十分焦急,直到她听说她的丈夫在生还者之列,她才放心。 He was ~d about his wife's health. 他为妻子的健康担忧。 3 [VP3A] ~ for, argue publicly in favour of, take part in a campaign for: 煽动; 鼓动; 鼓吹: ~ for the repeal of a law; 鼓吹废止某项法律; workers who ~d for higher wages. 鼓动加薪的工人。 agitated part adj troubled. 烦恼的; 焦虑的。 agitating part adj causing anxiety. 令人焦虑的。 agitation /.aedji'teijn; , se6zs'te/sn/ n 1 [U] moving or shaking (of a liquid). (对液体之) 摇动; 搅动。 2 [U] excitement of the mind or feelings; anxiety: 激动; 烦乱; 心焦; 忧虑: She was in a state of agitation. 她处于激动的状态中。 3 [C, U] discussion or debate (for the purpose of bringing about a change); [U] social or political unrest or trouble caused by such discussion: (为改革而作的) 讨论或辩论; 鼓吹 (改革); 煽动; (因受鼓动而引起的社会或政治的) 不安; 騒动: Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against, the big department stores. 小本商人进行了很久的激辩,反对大百货公司。 agitator /-ta (r); -tv/ n person who ~s, esp politically. 鼓动者; (尤指政治方面的) 煽动者。 |
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