excite

excite 是“把某种情绪或活力唤起、调动起来”，常指使人兴奋，也可指激起嫉妒等感情；在物理学中还表示使粒子进入更高能级，或使电磁装置产生磁场。

💡 记忆钩子

把 excite 想成“按下唤醒键”：烟花按下人的兴奋键，偏爱按下旁人的嫉妒键；在物理学里，电流则把电子或电磁装置的能量唤醒。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“使人兴奋”和“激起某种感情”这两个日常义，再学习物理学义。
注意 excite 是动词，不要把它直接当作形容人的“兴奋”；描述人的状态通常用 excited，描述事物带来兴奋通常用 exciting。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 使兴奋；使激动

📖 指某件事让人产生强烈的兴奋、激动或期待，就像按下了人的“兴奋键”。

💡 常用“excite + 人”或“be excited by/about + 事情”的结构；前者强调某事使人兴奋，后者描述人的感受。它比单纯的“使高兴”情绪强度更高，常用于活动、消息、比赛和新体验。不要说人本身“excite”来表示“感到兴奋”，应使用相应的形容词形式。

transitive

The surprise concert excited everyone in the crowd.

这场突然宣布的音乐会让人群中的每个人都兴奋不已。

The children were excited about seeing the animals.

孩子们想到要看那些动物就兴奋不已。
core 激起；引发感情

📖 指某种行为、处境或消息把某种具体感情唤起，感情不一定是愉快的，例如嫉妒、愤怒或兴趣。

💡 常见结构是“excite + 某种感情”，如表示激起嫉妒、兴趣、怀疑或争议。此义的宾语通常不是人，而是被唤起的感情或反应；若要说“使某人产生这种感情”，可用“excite + 某人的 + 感情”。不要只把它理解成“使人开心”。

transitive

Her sudden promotion excited jealousy among her coworkers.

她突然升职在同事之间激起了嫉妒。
rare 使电子跃迁到高能级

📖 在物理学中，指给原子或电子能量，使电子从正常状态进入更高的能级；可以看作把电子“唤醒”到更高的位置。

transitive
rare 使电磁装置产生磁场

📖 在电机或电磁学语境中，指给电磁铁或发电机通电，使其被激励并产生磁场。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 8 组

act as a stimulant;

同义词集: stimulate excite

The book stimulated her imagination

This play stimulates

反义: dampen, stifle 上位: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on 下位: invigorate, irritate, quicken

produce a magnetic field in

同义词集: excite

excite the neurons

上位: alter, change, modify

raise to a higher energy level

同义词集: excite energize energise

excite the atoms

上位: alter, change, modify

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

同义词集: stimulate shake shake up excite stir

These stories shook the community

the civil war shook the country

上位: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise 下位: affright, animate, arouse, elate, enliven, exalt, fright, frighten, fuel, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, lift up, pick up, scare, sex, tempt, thrill, tickle, turn on, uplift, vibrate, wind up

stimulate sexually

同义词集: arouse sex excite turn on wind up

This movie usually arouses the male audience

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

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

同义词集: agitate rouse turn on charge commove excite charge up

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

反义: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize 上位: disturb, trouble, upset 下位: bother

arouse or elicit a feeling

同义词集: excite

上位: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

stir feelings in; ;

同义词集: stimulate excite stir

stimulate my appetite

excite the audience

stir emotions

下位: blow, disgust, fellate, fuck off, go down on, gross out, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, quicken, repel, revolt, she-bop, suck, thrill, wank, whet, work

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语 excitō，原义是“唤出、唤醒、激发”，由“向外”和“召唤”构成；各义都保留了“唤起”的核心。

From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

🔄 变式

- imperat excited 1st_sg excitedst archaic excites present excitest archaic exciteth archaic exciting present

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