Agitation
[ædʒɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ædʒɪ'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously).
(noun.) disturbance usually in protest.
(noun.) the feeling of being agitated; not calm.
(noun.) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; 'the political ferment produced new leadership'; 'social unrest'.
(noun.) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance.
克莱夫整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.
(n.) A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
(n.) Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
(n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
亚伯整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Agitating, shaking, shake, concussion.[2]. Disturbance, jarring, commotion, convulsion, ferment, storm, tumult, turmoil.[3]. Excitement, emotion, perturbation, trepidation, discomposure, distraction, PUCKER, ruffle, flutter, hurry, tremor, fever, fret.[4]. Discussion, disputation, debate, controversy, canvassing, ventilation.
巴尔托迪編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- In the most extreme agitation I hurried after the surgeon and brought him with me in my carriage. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But it is a little silly for an agitator to cry thief when the success of his agitation has led to the adoption of his ideas. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This time he felt miserable but determined, while she was in a state of agitation which could not be hidden. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Hence his pallor and nervousness--his sleepless night and agitation in the morning. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It is not actually settled, but there is such a thing in agitation. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- She will be taken from me soon enough, by God's will; we must not cause her unnecessary agitation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Oh, fancy, said Livius, the agitation of coming thus before the public for the first time! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The door opened, and I looked, half laughing and half crying in my pleasant agitation, for my mother. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And then walked up and down the little shop in great agitation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In another moment the strong pride that was in her came to conquer her sudden agitation, which she hoped he had not perceived. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Mr. Pickwick stood up in a state of great agitation, and took a glance at the court. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Yet not to excite fresh agitation in her, per non turbar quel bel viso sereno, I curbed my delight. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There was wretchedness in the idea of its being serious; there was perplexity and agitation every way. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- A more generous interpretation would be to say that he had tried to be inclusive, to attach a hundred sectional agitations to a national program. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- To the silence of the preceding moment, now succeeded murmurs of discontent, and agitations, and whispers and shrugs. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- In actual life, yes, in the moil and toil of propaganda, movements, causes and agitations the statesman-inventor and the political psychologist find the raw material for their work. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- So with agitations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- We shall come, I think, to a different appraisal of agitations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He had been one of the French prophets, and could act their enthusiastic agitations. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In the various agitations of vigilance committees and alliances for the suppression of the traffic they profess to see continued a work which the abolitionists began. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- So it could be sympathetic to agitations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He has assumed the burden of harmonizing particular agitations with the general welfare. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He is the translator of agitations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
整理:雷蒙德