v.煽动；搅动；焦虑
They sent agents to agitate the local people. 他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
He was agitated about his wife's health. 他为他妻子的健康感到不安。
He became quite agitated when he was asked about his criminal past. 当问到他过去的犯罪历史时，他变得十分焦虑不安。
agitate的基本意思是“搅动”或“摇动”,主要用于液体,含猛烈、持久的意味。agitate 用于人时指感情的扰动或激动,即强调明显的精神紧张或情绪激动的迹象。可指“激怒某人”,也可指“鼓励; 煽动; 激烈争论”。作后者解时主要用于涉及社会状况改变或法律时。
agitate作“激怒; 使不安”解时用作及物动词; 作“激烈争论”解时可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。作“鼓励; 煽动”解时用作不及物动词, agitate against意为“鼓动反对”; agitate for意为“鼓动争取”。
v.煽动；搅动；焦虑
adv.动摇；兴奋
