Agitate

GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.搅动，煽动(to argue publicly or campaign for /against sth.)；使不安，使焦虑（to cause anxiety）
• [派] agitation（敏捷）

Webster Collegiate

• Function: verb
• Inflected Form: -tat·ed ; -tat·ing
• Etymology: Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare, frequentative of agere to drive ― more at AGENT
• Date: 15th century

• transitive verb
• 1
  • a obsolete : to give motion to
  • b : to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action <the storm agitated the sea>
• 2 : to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : DISTURB
• 3
  • a : to discuss excitedly and earnestly
  • b : to stir up public discussion of

• intransitive verb
• to attempt to arouse public feeling <agitated for better schools>

• synonyms see SHAKE, DISCOMPOSE

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