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单词 stir up
释义
stir up
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WORD FAMILY
stir up: stirred up, stirring up, stirs up
USAGE EXAMPLES
Ambrose accuses President Obama of breaking “records in polarizing the country” by stirring up class antagonisms, heightening racial tensions and helping instigate political stalemate.
Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)
“But I saw that script and said, ‘This guy’s gonna stir up some ...!’
Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)
The goal is to create extravagance and exclusivity for the select few, even if it stirs up resentment elsewhere.
New York Times(Apr 23, 2016)
1v provoke or stir up
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incite, instigate, set off
raise
activate or stir up
provoke, stimulate
provide the needed stimulus for
2v arouse or excite feelings and passions
The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, wake
ferment
work up into agitation or excitement
arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
3v try to stir up public opinion
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
agitate, foment
rumpus
cause a disturbance
provoke, stimulate
provide the needed stimulus for
4v change the arrangement or position of
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, vex
beat, scramble
stir vigorously
toss
agitate
rile, roil
make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
poke
stir by poking
tumble
put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
whip, whisk
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
cream
make creamy by beating
muddle, puddle
make into a puddle
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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