agitate

漢語翻譯

vt. 使搖動, 攪動, 使激動, 使不安
vi. 鼓動, 煽動
【化】 攪拌; 攪動
【醫】 激越, 激動; 振盪
相關詞組:
to agitate for sth

詞型變化：

形容詞:agitative 副詞:agitatedly 動詞過去式:agitated 過去分詞:agitated 現在分詞:agitating 第三人稱單數:agitates 

詞意辨析：

upset, agitate, disturb, perturb

這些動詞均有“使不安，使心煩意亂”之意。
upset: 最普通，最通俗用詞，側重失去精神上的平靜，心理上完全喪失平衡。
agitate: 側重指內心的焦慮，難於控制，表露於外。
disturb: 指因某人的行動、擾亂、妨礙安靜等而使人不得安寧。
perturb: 書面語用詞，指使人焦急煩惱，擾得心情不安。

英文解釋：

動詞 agitate:

1. try to stir up public opinion
   同義詞：foment, stir up
2. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   同義詞：rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
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
   同義詞：crusade, fight, press, campaign, push
4. move very slightly
   同義詞：stir, shift, budge
5. move or cause to move back and forth
   同義詞：shake
6. change the arrangement or position of
   同義詞：vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up

例句：

1. He was agitated about his wife's health.
   他為他妻子的健康感到不安。
2. He became quite agitated when he was asked about his criminal past.
   當問到他過去的犯罪歷史時，他變得十分焦慮不安。