excite

英 [ɪkˈsaɪt] 美 [ɪkˈsaɪt]
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  • vt. 激起;刺激…,使…兴奋
  • vi. 激动
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记忆方法

1、ex- "out" + cit- "move, stir, call, rouse" + -e.
2、字面含义:make motion(激发、刺激而使其活动), stir up, call out.
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中文词源

excite 兴奋

ex-, 向外。-cit, 呼喊,移动,词源同cite, cinema. 后用于心理学,指唤醒,兴奋。

英语词源

excite
excite: [14] The use of the word excite to convey ‘agitated elation’ is a comparatively recent development, first recorded from the mid 19th century. Before that it was a fairly neutral verb, meaning ‘produce a response, provoke’ (as in the rather formal ‘excite much comment’). It comes, perhaps via Old French exciter, from Latin excitāre ‘call forth, arouse, produce’. This was a variant of exciēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ciēre ‘move, call’ (source also of English cite, incite, recite, and solicit).
=> cite, incite, recite, solicit
excite (v.)
mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.

权威例句

1. Reports of the plot of this unusual film tend to excite revulsion.
有关这部不同寻常电影的情节的报道常常令人生厌。
2. Daniel's early exposure to motor racing did not excite his interest.
丹尼尔早期与摩托车赛的接触并没有激发他的兴趣。
3. The speaker has been warned to excite violence in the crowd.
演讲者曾受到警告,不要在听众中挑起暴力.
4. Yahoo was the exception, but Excite, Infoseek, HotBot and Lycos began as search engines.
Yahoo是个例外, 但是Excite, Infoseek, HotBot和 Lycos都开始转型成为了搜索引擎.
5. The amount of nicotine in these nicotine substitutes can be enough to excite the heart.
这些尼古丁替代品中的烟碱含量足以刺激心脏。

词语辨析

【motivate, encourage, excite, stimulate, inspire】
这组词都有“鼓励、刺激”的意思,其区别是:
motivate: v.激发,促动,强调激起动机去做某事。
• A desire to go to medical school motivates her to study hard everyday. 她希望上医学院,这成了她每天努力学习的动力。
encourage: v.鼓励,促进,含有"使增强勇气或给予希望"的意味。
• He encouraged his son to go to good college. 他鼓励他的儿子上名牌大学。
excite: v.指使人感到激动、兴奋;煽动,鼓动。
• The band played louder and excited the audience. 乐队演奏得更响亮了,使观众兴奋起来。
stimulate: v.刺激,激发,促进,强调刺激反应的结果。
• Cold air stimulates me. 冷空气刺激我振作起来
inspire: v.鼓舞,激发,影响,常常带有"启迪,启发"的意思。
• My mother inspires us with stories of her difficult childhood. 我的妈妈给我们讲童年时的艰苦生活以激励我们。

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