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单词 excitement
释义
excitementex‧cite‧ment /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Gerry found it difficult to sleep after all the excitements of the day.
  • He missed the excitement of working with so many intelligent people.
  • If you're looking for excitement, you won't find it here.
  • In the stands, the crowd was shouting with excitement.
  • The biggest excitement of the day was when Joe accidentally set off the fire alarm.
  • There's an atmosphere of tremendous excitement here in the stadium.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Actually this was done in double-quick time but I can never forget the excitement and the terror of that night.
  • Ever since the visit she had longed to be part of the artistic excitement of the city.
  • His excitement and dedication were transparent and touching.
  • His few short visits to the village caused great excitement.
  • It was a marvellous sort of excitement, like being young again.
  • On off days he could sound tired, and sometimes excitement carried him away to an excess of length.
  • Political institutions are built to deliver power not excitement, and Super Tuesday accomplished exactly what the people who planned it intended.
  • What caused excitement were the variables: size and condition of tooth; age and strength of the victim.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatoran exciting experience
an event or experience that gives you a feeling of excitement and pleasure: · Flying is still a tremendous thrill for me.the thrills and spills/chills (=the exciting experiences, moments etc in a film, race etc): · Don't miss all the thrills and spills of Formula 1 Grand Prix racing on Channel 26!
an exciting experience in which something dangerous or unusual happens: · He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.sense/spirit of adventure (=a desire to do unusual or dangerous things): · All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!
something unexpected or unusual that happens and makes you feel excited and unable to relax: · Gerry found it difficult to sleep after all the excitements of the day.· The biggest excitement of the day was when Joe accidentally set off the fire alarm.
American informal an exciting experience that you enjoy very much: · You should try water-skiing - it's a blast.have a blast: · Thanks for taking us camping - Miranda had a blast!
the feeling of being excited
· If you're looking for excitement, you won't find it here.excitement of · He missed the excitement of working with so many intelligent people.in/with excitement (=in an excited way) · In the stands, the crowd was shouting with excitement.great/tremendous excitement · There's an atmosphere of tremendous excitement here in the stadium.
a sudden very strong feeling of excitement, mixed with pleasure and sometimes fear: thrill of: · Most of the researchers are motivated by the simple thrill of discovery.get a thrill out of something: · Even though I've been acting for 40 years, I still get a thrill out of going on stage on opening night.give somebody a thrill: · Using a gun always gave me a strange thrill.
a feeling of happy excitement, for example that you get from an exciting physical activity or from something you have achieved: · She was filled with exhilaration when she first saw her newborn baby.exhilaration of: · Nothing can compare with the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle as fast as you can.
excited and cheerful feelings or behaviour, especially of a group of young people: · They didn't mean to cause any damage - it was just high spirits.in high spirits: · It was the last day of term and everyone was in high spirits.
extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout etc uncontrollably: · The hysteria of the screaming girls was somewhat frightening.mass hysteria (=hysteria in a crowd of people): · The pushing and grabbing at yesterday's sales bordered on mass hysteria.
when a lot of people are very excited about a particular thing: World Cup/Harry Potter/election etc fever: · For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.· Football fever has always been widespread in Thailand, but this year perhaps more than ever before.
feeling excited about something
feeling happy and full of energy, especially about something good that has happened or is going to happen: · Steve's coming home tomorrow - we're all really excited.· crowds of excited football fansexcited about: · How can you be so excited about a stupid computer game?get excited: · When Mattie gets excited, she starts talking really fast.excited by: · Doctors are very excited by the discovery.excited to do something: · When we get home, the dogs are always excited to see us.
to feel excited about something good that is going to happen and to think about it a lot: · The kids are looking forward to their vacation - they've never been to California before.look forward to doing something: · She's really looking forward to meeting him.
spoken if you can't wait for something to happen, you want it to happen soon because you are very excited about it: · "We'll see you next week." "I know - I can't wait!"can't wait for: · The kids can't wait for Christmas.can't wait to do something: · He couldn't wait to get home and tell Dean the news.can't wait for somebody/something to do something: · I can't wait for the football season to start.
very excited , happy, and pleased: thrilled to do something: · I'm thrilled to be here tonight.thrilled with: · Chester's absolutely thrilled with his baby daughter.thrilled at/by: · She was thrilled at the idea of flying to Europe.thrilled to bitsBritish spoken thrilled to death/pieces American spoken (=very thrilled): · Paul is thrilled to death that I'm finally learning to cook.
feeling very excited and full of energy because you are experiencing something that you have never experienced before, especially something dangerous or unusual: · The first time I flew a plane alone, I felt both exhilarated and scared.exhilarated by: · She felt exhilarated by her new sense of power.
American informal to be excited and full of energy, especially when this makes you ready to compete or play sport: · After the coach's pep talk, we were all really pumped and ready to play.get somebody pumped (up) (=make some excited and full of energy): · Nothing gets the crowd or the players pumped up more than a good slam dunk.
if a place is buzzing with excitement , people are very excited, especially because something is about to happen: · The crowd was buzzing as everyone waited for the band to come on stage.· The new stadium has sports fans buzzing with excitement.
to be excited and slightly nervous when you are watching something because you do not know what will happen next: · I was on the edge of my seat from the beginning of the movie to the end.keep somebody on the edge of their seat (=make someone very excited because they do not know what will happen next): · The final ten minutes of the game kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
to be nervous and excited because you are anxiously waiting to hear the result of something, or to know what happens at the end of a story: · After the interview Fran was on tenterhooks, wondering if she'd got the job.keep somebody on tenterhooks (=make someone feel nervous and excited by not telling them something): · Agatha Christie keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the final pages of the story.
if the feeling among a large group of people is at or reaches fever pitch , they are all extremely excited: · The anticipation surrounding the band's arrival is now at fever pitch.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· The arrival of a stranger caused some excitement in the village.
· He tried to hide his excitement, but his voice was shaking.
· She could hardly control her excitement when I told her the news.
(=to be shaking slightly because you are so excited)· Her hands were trembling with excitement as she opened the letter.
(=it increases)· Her excitement grew as the day of the wedding came nearer.
(=it gradually becomes less)· The initial excitement of my new job was starting to wear off.
(=people stop feeling excited)· The excitement after last month's elections is beginning to die down.
adjectives
· There is great excitement about the Pope's visit.· The news causes tremendous excitement.
· The children waited with growing excitement.
(=a very strong feeling of excitement)· Nothing can beat driving a racing car for sheer excitement.
· A goal two minutes from the end provided the game's only genuine excitement.
(=a feeling of being worried and unable to relax)· My nervous excitement increased with each passing minute.
(=a very strong feeling of excitement)· I can still remember the intense excitement of going to see my first football match.
(=strong excitement about what you might achieve)· Back then, there was the heady excitement of discovering feminism and getting involved in politics.
· Her voice was full of youthful excitement.
phrases
· They were full of excitement at the thought of meeting a real movie star.
· He woke up that morning with a feeling of excitement.
· It seemed that the whole country was in a state of excitement.
(=a general feeling of excitement among a group of people)· There was a real air of excitement before the game.
(=a sudden feeling of excitement)· As soon as he noticed her name on the list, a surge of excitement ran through him.· There is a buzz of excitement inside the stadium.
(=an occasion when there is suddenly a lot of excitement about something)· The takeover bid has caused a flurry of excitement in the City.
(=a feeling of excitement that spreads through a group of people)· A ripple of excitement went through the audience as the lights dimmed.
(=a feeling of excitement that lasts a very short time)· He felt a flicker of excitement when he heard someone mention his name.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Jed’s face was alight with excitement.
 Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry.
 Your mum’s bursting with pride for you.
 The sight filled her with childlike excitement.
 Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your voice?
 Lucy was a happy child, always full of life. He was full of praise for the work of the unit.
 The project generated enormous interest.
· There is a new mood of optimism.
(=a high level of excitement etc) He screamed at her in a pitch of fury.
· Luke paused and she sensed his reluctance to continue.
· As the plane took off, she felt a thrill of excitement.
 the vicarious pleasure that parents get from their children’s success
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It was filthy work, but full of atavistic excitement and the promise of financial reward.· People think my job's full of excitement.· After my run at Dortmund I was full of excitement and confidence.· It was like a vast playground to me, full of excitement and interest.· You are afraid and full of excitement at thoughts of what you might find.
· When his letter finally came, Mrs Fairfax announced with great excitement that he was planning a house-party at Thornfield.· The afternoon meeting ended in an atmosphere of great excitement.· There was no great excitement about swimming either.· The people packed up their tepees, food, and equipment in great excitement.· His few short visits to the village caused great excitement.· Guks's return caused great excitement.· Sometimes there were tears, sometimes great excitement at the appointments.· The girls had been plotting it for a month in great excitement.
· The new team will find financial markets in a high state of excitement and looking forward to a cut in interest rates.· Instead I was filled with a high, sweet excitement.· Jane was in a state of high excitement.· Do you prefer exercise that has a high level of excitement attached to it? 10.· But for all of this high and anxious excitement, they appeared to fall between unsteady stools.· Preston drove back to the cottage in a state of high nervous excitement but with some serious reservations.
· Her breath caught as a strange little frisson of excitement slid from her throat to her toes at the thought.· I have to confess to a little thrill of excitement as I pulled out next morning.· Edward put his arm around Sally and little prickles of excitement started deep inside her.
· The amount of nervous excitement, and consequent prostration, exhaustion, and disorder they cause is fearful.· Even an outsider felt it, the nervous excitement that translated into endless, purposeful motion.· There may be marked nervous excitement and prostration.· Preston drove back to the cottage in a state of high nervous excitement but with some serious reservations.
· She sprang off the bed and reached the window in a swoop of wild excitement.· The multitudes had come from their camps of long confinement and were wild with excitement.· The crowd was wild with excitement.· The press and public went wild with excitement.· The bickerings were forgotten in the scenes of wild excitement that greeted the Cup in Huddersfield.
VERB
· But a dry day would bring bigger crowds and add to the excitement of the vital third round of the tournament.· For added excitement, the haul roads are left-hand drive.· He says there doesn't have to be, but it adds to the excitement!· My urban surroundings only added to the excitement.· It all adds up to rare excitement about a rare show.
· The pursuit of desire brings with it intense excitement and satisfaction when it is reached.· I think I could bring excitement back to the game.· But 1936 brought its political excitements in other ways.· They love having an opponent who brings such excitement and drama to their game.· Most of all I am eagerly awaiting his return to Wimbledon this summer to bring more fun and excitement to the fortnight.
· The picture that had caused Mr Brownlow's excitement was taken down from the wall, and was not mentioned again.· What caused excitement were the variables: size and condition of tooth; age and strength of the victim.· The paper did not cause much excitement and Rous turned to other subjects.· Guks's return caused great excitement.· My presence usually causes some excitement.· And so news of a new addition to the facilities at the Sobell wall in Holloway caused much excitement.· The detection of single atoms in this way has caused great excitement because of its application in many areas.· My passport causes excitement and a soldier thumbs through the pages.
· Deliberately, she chattered and laughed, not trying to contain her excitement.· Meanwhile, Steve Jobs could hardly contain himself with excitement.· He found names in the catalogue that made him pause with a strange contained excitement.
· In two minutes we had created the excitement, fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon.· A central thrust of management will be to create excitement about the future of the company and about belonging to the company.· The event had created great excitement at all levels of society and was eagerly anticipated.· Alec learned later that Durkin had created panic and excitement driving through the towns and villages of Roscommon and east Mayo.
· I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time.· Within the hall, simulators allow visitors to experience the excitement of a bobsled run or ski jump.· Suddenly, I see a boat weaving its way between the improbable pink granite rocks and I experience both relief and excitement.
· She felt heady with excitement, and her skin tingled.· An average student, he felt the pull and excitement of the Army, so he left college to enlist in 1942.· I can already feel the old excitement coming back.· But despite the general quiet of the anchorage, one felt the excitement permeating the entire fleet.· Callaghan felt his pent-up excitement go flat.· If it had been alive, it would have felt excitement, but such an emotion was wholly beyond its powers.· And, though she did not want to, again she felt a shiver of excitement.· I could feel excitement in my stomach - a rising, tingling rush.
· I remember being filled with such excitement I could hardly bear it.· I was filled with excitement at the prospect of making some connection with my ancestors.
· His face was flushed with excitement when they came.· The two women flanking her were flushed with pleasure and excitement.
· These strange and beautiful candlesticks balance motionlessly on their needle-sharp points, generating excitement by the very fragility of their inertia.· The construction, which took a few months, generated increasing excitement.· Instead, it generated excitement and renewed vigour.· It generates a lot of excitement, and is brimming with ideas.· Often a race against time, such programs can generate much excitement.· BThat Pratt continues to generate excitement is understandable.
· The controversy which surrounded Robertson's goal attempt for Hearts three minutes from the end provided the only genuine excitement.· Though not yet championship caliber, it at least provides some sense of excitement surrounding the Super Bowl.· A positive approach to study of this nature makes it more interesting and provides a degree of excitement.· Speculation on their colourful lives and enormous bank balances have provided much needed excitement in a sea of bland, beige tailoring.· Projects should stretch people, not overload them; projects should provide excitement on the job, not stress and strain.· It is not something peculiar to the Royal Family - people have very humdrum existences and the Royals provide a bit of excitement.
· But I remember the excitement in my children's faces.· I still remember the excitement, pride and even power I felt when my customers paid me for my work.· I well remember the excitement of seeing the very first breeding pair on Yell back in the 1950s.· I can still remember my excitement as I opened the box.· I remember my excitement when I had arrived there for the first time from St Aubyn's.· But how many can remember the feverish excitement when it first opened?· I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun.
· Her fingers trembling with excitement, she fastened it around her neck.· When I got there, my daughter greeted me with trembling excitement.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem.
  • Ruins, she thought, with a flicker of excitement.
  • Shiona told herself with just a flicker of uncertainty, changing into second gear as she rounded a bend.
► a flush of anger/embarrassment/excitement etc
  • His face was flushed with excitement when they came.
  • She is gesturing and smiling, her cheeks flushed with pleasure that there is so much to offer.
  • The two women flanking her were flushed with pleasure and excitement.
► hum of excitement/approval etc
  • It was a habit she disliked it made her feel fat-but she remembered a quick rush of gratitude.
  • It was from Gay, and she felt a rush of gratitude.
  • But as she looked at him, a tiny spark of anger flared within her.
  • By the time he was admitted he had lost whatever spark of interest he had felt.
  • Despite the quiet session, sparks of excitement could still be found in the market.
  • If he showed a spark of interest in them, Maude would be happy for the day.
  • The unexplainable spark of excitement, at being in his presence again, shocked her.
  • I jerked back, tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.
  • I remember walking into the board room tingling with fear and energy.
  • My face was tingling with fear and I felt in imminent need of a toilet-roll.
  • We were tingling with anticipation and at one with our surroundings.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectiveexcitableexcitedexciting ≠ unexcitingexcitablenounexcitementexcitabilityadverbexcitedlyexcitinglyverbexcite
1[uncountable] the feeling of being excitedexcitement of the excitement of becoming a parentexcitement at The children were filled with excitement at the thought of visiting Disneyland.in the excitement/in your excitement In all the excitement, I left my wallet behind. In his excitement he couldn't remember her name.2[countable] an exciting event or situation:  We were both new to the excitements of life in the big city.COLLOCATIONSverbscause/generate excitement· The arrival of a stranger caused some excitement in the village.hide/conceal your excitement· He tried to hide his excitement, but his voice was shaking.control/contain your excitement· She could hardly control her excitement when I told her the news.be trembling with excitement (=to be shaking slightly because you are so excited)· Her hands were trembling with excitement as she opened the letter.somebody's excitement grows (=it increases)· Her excitement grew as the day of the wedding came nearer.the excitement wears off (=it gradually becomes less)· The initial excitement of my new job was starting to wear off.the excitement dies down (=people stop feeling excited)· The excitement after last month's elections is beginning to die down.adjectivesgreat/enormous/tremendous excitement· There is great excitement about the Pope's visit.· The news causes tremendous excitement.growing/mounting excitement· The children waited with growing excitement.sheer excitement (=a very strong feeling of excitement)· Nothing can beat driving a racing car for sheer excitement.real/genuine excitement· A goal two minutes from the end provided the game's only genuine excitement.nervous/restless excitement (=a feeling of being worried and unable to relax)· My nervous excitement increased with each passing minute.intense excitement (=a very strong feeling of excitement)· I can still remember the intense excitement of going to see my first football match.heady excitement (=strong excitement about what you might achieve)· Back then, there was the heady excitement of discovering feminism and getting involved in politics.youthful/childlike excitement· Her voice was full of youthful excitement.phrasesbe full of/filled with excitement· They were full of excitement at the thought of meeting a real movie star.a sense/feeling of excitement· He woke up that morning with a feeling of excitement.a state of excitement· It seemed that the whole country was in a state of excitement.an air of excitement (=a general feeling of excitement among a group of people)· There was a real air of excitement before the game.a surge/buzz of excitement (=a sudden feeling of excitement)· As soon as he noticed her name on the list, a surge of excitement ran through him.· There is a buzz of excitement inside the stadium.a flurry of excitement (=an occasion when there is suddenly a lot of excitement about something)· The takeover bid has caused a flurry of excitement in the City.a ripple of excitement (=a feeling of excitement that spreads through a group of people)· A ripple of excitement went through the audience as the lights dimmed.a flicker of excitement (=a feeling of excitement that lasts a very short time)· He felt a flicker of excitement when he heard someone mention his name.
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