excite

单词辨析:

excite incite stimulate stir up 【导航词义:刺激】
excite v. 使兴奋,使激动
〔辨析〕

尤指使某人对即将发生的事感到兴奋。

〔例证〕

Are you excited about going to London?

你要去伦敦了,感到兴奋吗?

The Christmas presents excited the little girl very much.

圣诞礼物让那个小姑娘很激动。

incite v. 煽动,刺激
〔辨析〕

指用语言刺激或煽动他人犯罪、打斗等,常与介词 to 连用。

〔例证〕

Their aim is to incite religious hatred.

他们意在煽动宗教仇恨。

They incited him to action.

他们鼓动他采取行动。

stimulate v. 刺激,激励
〔辨析〕

指外界因素刺激人或事物的发展。

〔例证〕

stimulate demand/growth/the economy

刺激需求/发展/经济

Praise always stimulates him to work harder.

表扬总能激励他更加努力。

stir up phr. v. 激起,煽动
〔辨析〕

指挑起不愉快的情绪或事态。

〔例证〕

Jay has been stirring things up.

杰伊一直在挑起事端。

They were trying to stir up trouble at the meeting.

他们想在会上闹事。

相关例句:

Why did finding that curse excite you?

你为什么会这咒语让你激动?

I have already raved over Eclipse in my previous columns, but this environment continues to excite me.

我已经在我先前的专栏文章中充满激情地讲解了Eclipse,但这个环境仍然让我兴奋。

Arouse or excite feelings and passions.

唤醒兴奋的感觉和激情。

We'd not been excited by anything for about three years

已经有大约3年的时间没有任何事情令我们激动。

A sensational story is one likely to excite people.

一个耸人听闻的故事是一个可以激动人心的故事。

We were warned by the doctors not to excite him.

医生警告我们不要刺激他。