arouse

arouse 是及物动词，主要表示激起某种情绪，也可表示唤醒；在委婉语境中还指引起性兴奋。

💡 记忆钩子

把 arouse 想成“把沉睡或平静中的东西撩动起来”：可以撩起愤怒、兴趣等情绪，也可以把人从睡眠中唤醒；在特定语境里，还可指撩起性欲。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“激起情绪”和“唤醒”这两个核心义项；涉及性意味时要依靠上下文判断，不要在普通的“引起兴趣”语境中误解为性含义。
它通常直接接被激起或被唤醒的人、情绪或状态，不要把它简单等同于表示一般“引起”的词。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 激起情绪或兴趣

📖 指使某种感情、反应或兴趣从平静状态中出现或变强，例如激起同情、嫉妒、愤怒或好奇心。

💡 常用“arouse + 感情或反应”以及“arouse someone’s interest/curiosity”的结构。这个义项通常较正式，不能直接当作“让某人喜欢”；后面接的是被激起的情绪、兴趣或反应，而不是引起它的事物。

transitive

The story aroused my curiosity.

这个故事激起了我的好奇心。

The unfair decision aroused public anger.

这项不公平的决定激起了公众的愤怒。
rare 引起性兴奋

📖 在成人语境中，指某人或某种刺激使人产生性兴奋；这是“把沉睡或平静中的感觉撩动起来”的特殊用法。

💡 常用“arouse someone”或“be aroused by + 刺激”的结构。该义项属于成人或医学、心理语境，正式表达中可作为中性委婉说法；不要在谈论普通兴趣或情绪时擅自作此理解。

transitive
rare （委婉）引起性兴奋

📖 与上一个义项相同，常以较委婉的方式指引起性兴奋。

💡 常用“arouse me/him/her”表示使某人产生性兴奋。它依赖明确的成人语境，不能按普通的“激起兴趣”随意套用；在非成人场合使用可能造成尴尬或误解。

euphemistic transitive
core 唤醒

📖 指把睡着、昏沉或失去知觉的人弄醒，使其重新恢复清醒。

💡 常用“arouse someone from sleep/stupor”或“be aroused by + 声音、动静”等结构。它是及物动词，必须说明是谁被唤醒；不要把它当作表示“自己醒来”的不及物动词。

transitive

The loud alarm aroused everyone in the house.

响亮的警报声把屋里所有人都叫醒了。

She was aroused from sleep by a knock at the door.

她被敲门声从睡梦中惊醒。

arouses present,singular,third-person arousing participle,present aroused participle,past aroused past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 7 组

stop sleeping

同义词集: wake up awake arouse awaken wake come alive waken

She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

上位: change state, turn

cause to become awake or conscious;

同义词集: awaken wake waken rouse wake up arouse

He was roused by the drunken men in the street

Please wake me at 6 AM.

上位: alter, change, modify 下位: call

cause to be alert and energetic;

同义词集: stimulate arouse brace energize energise perk up

Coffee and tea stimulate me

This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate

反义: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize 上位: affect 下位: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; ;

同义词集: raise conjure conjure up invoke evoke stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth

raise the specter of unemployment

he conjured wild birds in the air

call down the spirits from the mountain

上位: call up, summon 下位: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, bless, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ;

同义词集: arouse elicit enkindle kindle evoke fire raise provoke

arouse pity

raise a smile

evoke sympathy

上位: create, make 下位: anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, sweep over, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound

stimulate sexually

同义词集: arouse sex excite turn on wind up

This movie usually arouses the male audience

上位: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir 下位: tempt

to begin moving

同义词集: arouse stir

As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir

上位: move

🌳 词源

由前缀 a- 和 rouse（唤醒、激起）构成。

From a- + rouse.

🔄 变式

aroused past arouses present arousing present

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