詞彙精選:excite的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
使興奮,激動 [I,T]
例句:
This announcement greatly excited us.
這個通知使我們大爲激動。
例句:
The news excited everybody.
這則消息使每個人都感到興奮。
激發,刺激 [T]
例句:
His achievement excited her envy.
他的成就激發了她的羨慕。
例句:
Her story excited my pity.
她的經歷激起了我的同情心。
二、詞義辨析:
encourage,inspire,excite,stimulate
這些動作均表“鼓勵,激勵”之意。encourage指提高某人情緒,增強戰勝困難,實現目標的信心和勇氣。inspire通常指鼓起勇氣,充滿信心和希望。excite主要指某人的言行或其它外界因素使他人變得興奮或感情衝動,多用被動態。stimulate尤指人或物因外界因素而受到刺激,使人振作起來或增強做某事的信心和勇氣。
三、參考例句:
Everything could excite them.
他們似乎對什麼事兒都感到很興奮。
Don't excite yourself.
不要激動。
His playing is brilliant, but it doesn't excite me.
儘管他的演奏很高超,但無法讓我興奮起來。
They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest.
他們提供各種各樣的活動來激發孩子們的興趣。
There are but two things that chiefly excite us to love woman. an attractive beauty and unspotted fame.
能激發我們去愛女人的主要有兩樣東西:動人的美貌和清白的名聲。
Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.
每個人都可能獨霸一方,成爲小小的暴君,直至天使長的喇叭在他的靈魂裏激起不同的感情爲止。
Don't set goals that just excite you; set goals that scare you a little bit. That way they'll strengthen your "motivation muscle."
不要僅僅設定能剛好讓你興奮的目標;設定的目標要能讓你自己有點害怕。這樣,這些目標就能讓你的“動力肌肉”更加發達。