arouse是什么意思

vt. 引起；唤醒；鼓励

vi. 激发；醒来；发奋

中文词源

arouse 唤醒

古英语前缀a-, 来自PIE*uz, 向上，向外，词源同out. 单词rouse, 唤醒。

arouse: arouse: [16] Shakespeare is the first writer on record to use arouse, in 2 Henry VI, 1593: ‘Loud howling wolves arouse the jades that drag the tragic melancholy night’. It was formed, with the intensive prefix a-, from rouse, a word of unknown origin which was first used in English in the 15th century as a technical term in falconry, meaning ‘plump up the feathers’.
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arouse (v.): 1590s, "awaken" (transitive), from a- (1) "on" + rouse. Related: Aroused; arousing.

1. There is nothing like a long walk to arouse the appetite.: 没有什么比走很长的路更能激起食欲的了。

2. Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people.: 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗.

3. We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation.: 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争.

5. Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.: 荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑.