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单词 agitate
释义
agitate
verb
uk
/ˈædʒ.ɪ.teɪt/us
/ˈædʒ.ə.teɪt/

agitateverb(WORRY)

[T]
to make someonefeelworriedorangry:
使焦虑；使躁动不安
I didn'twantto agitate her bytellingher.我不想告诉她，免得她焦虑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing anxiety and worry
  • alarming
  • alarmingly
  • bite
  • catch up withsomeone
  • come back/home to roostidiom
  • disturb
  • dread
  • frighten
  • frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
  • get/go beyond a jokeidiom
  • givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
  • givesomeonethe jittersidiom
  • rattle
  • roost
  • stresssomeoneout
  • stressful
  • suspenseful
  • swatting
  • tense
  • tenseness
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agitateverb(ARGUE)

[I]
toargueforcefully,especiallyinpublic, inordertoachieveaparticulartypeofchange:
（尤指公开）煽动，鼓动，大声疾呼
Theunionscontinueto agitateforhigherpay.工会继续大声疾呼要求加薪。
As ayoungman, he had agitatedagainstthe Vietnamwar.他年轻时曾公开反对越南战争。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguing & disagreeing
  • agent provocateur
  • alienate
  • alienated
  • alienation
  • argumentatively
  • as a matter of factphrase
  • bandy
  • bet
  • bone
  • conflict
  • dicker
  • differ
  • dissent
  • hammer
  • make the fur flyidiom
  • setsomeoneagainstsomeone
  • shadowbox
  • shadowboxing
  • tangle
  • tangle withsomeone
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Activism & pressure groups

agitateverb(SHAKE)

[T]chemistryspecialized
toshakealiquid:
摇动；搅动
Pour thepowderinto thesolutionand agitate it until thepowderhasdissolved.将粉末倒入溶液中，搅动到溶解为止。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
  • brandish
  • flap
  • flourish
  • fluffsomethingup
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • pulse
  • rocky
  • shakiness
  • shimmy
  • stir
  • stirsomethingup
  • sweep
  • teeter
  • thrashing
  • wag
  • wobble
  • wobbler
  • wobbly
  • worry atsomething
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Related word

agitated
(Definition ofagitatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

agitate| American Dictionary

agitate
verb
us
/ˈædʒ·ɪˌteɪt/

agitateverb(ARGUE)

[I]
toargueenergetically,esp. inpublic, inordertoachieveaparticulartypeofchange:
Telephonecompaniesbeganto agitate forpermissiontocompeteinlongdistanceservices.

agitateverb(MAKE NERVOUS)

[T]
to make someonebecomenervousbecause ofworryorfearthat isdifficulttocontrol:
Anymentionof hissonagitated him.

agitation

noun[U]us
/ˌædʒ·ɪˈteɪ·ʃən/
Hearrivedhomein astateof agitation.

agitator

noun[C]us
/ˈædʒ·ɪˌteɪ·t̬ər/
Theyblamedtheprotestonpoliticalagitators.
(Definition ofagitatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofagitate

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Additionally, a range of uncomfortable tactical approaches agitated communication.
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The past seemed to offer inspiration and guidance for a new generation of soldiers and sailors, and useful propaganda for those who agitated for war.
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The flask was agitated at least once a day for aeration.
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One-half was placed in oxygenated ice-cold superfusate and gently agitated in the dark.
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Instead of reacting with sedation, as was the case in psychiatric and healthy controls, they became rather agitated.
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Week 6 infants, who are at the apex of the crying function, preferred only adults with whom they had interacted when agitated.
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She appeared tearful, anxious, and agitated when she was advised of her baby's serious medical problems.
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There was no "therapy" except for being tied to the bed during agitated periods and rare visits by attending physicians.
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In order to minimize the risk of excessive head movement during scanning, patients who were agitated or distractible were excluded.
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Thus, they also caused the war, for which they had agitated, to be fought inefficiently and lost.
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How does she manage her excited heart and agitated senses?
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The expression in these choruses is exactly right: agitated and tumultuous in one, noble and understated in the other.
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Many of these governments consequently agitated for separate state police units, while promoting the establishment of locally controlled quasi-police or vigilante institutions.
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Then, the tubes containing the seeds were slowly agitated in a chamber at the desired temperature in the dark.
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Contents were combined, agitated and placed in sterile spray bottles for application to seedlings.
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