excite
英 [?k'sa?t; ek-]
美[?k'sa?t]
- vt. 激起；刺激…，使…興奮
- vi. 激動
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?excites;過去式:?excited;過去分詞:?excited;現在分詞:?exciting;
助記提示
1、ex- "out" + cit- "move, stir, call, rouse" + -e.
2、字面含義：make motion(激發(fā)、刺激而使其活動), stir up, call out.
2、字面含義：make motion(激發(fā)、刺激而使其活動), stir up, call out.
中文詞源
excite 興奮
ex-, 向外。-cit, 呼喊，移動，詞源同cite, cinema. 后用于心理學，指喚醒，興奮。
英文詞源
- excite
- excite: [14] The use of the word excite to convey ‘agitated elation’ is a comparatively recent development, first recorded from the mid 19th century. Before that it was a fairly neutral verb, meaning ‘produce a response, provoke’ (as in the rather formal ‘excite much comment’). It comes, perhaps via Old French exciter, from Latin excitāre ‘call forth, arouse, produce’. This was a variant of exciēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ciēre ‘move, call’ (source also of English cite, incite, recite, and solicit).
=> cite, incite, recite, solicit - excite (v.)
- mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
雙語例句
- 1. Reports of the plot of this unusual film tend to excite revulsion.
- 有關這部不同尋常電影的情節(jié)的報道常常令人生厭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Daniel's early exposure to motor racing did not excite his interest.
- 丹尼爾早期與摩托車賽的接觸并沒有激發(fā)他的興趣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The speaker has been warned to excite violence in the crowd.
- 演講者曾受到警告,不要在聽眾中挑起暴力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Yahoo was the exception, but Excite, Infoseek, HotBot and Lycos began as search engines.
- Yahoo是個例外, 但是Excite, Infoseek, HotBot和 Lycos都開始轉型成為了搜索引擎.
來自互聯(lián)網
- 5. The amount of nicotine in these nicotine substitutes can be enough to excite the heart.
- 這些尼古丁替代品中的煙堿含量足以刺激心臟。
來自柯林斯例句
