| 单词 | agitation |
| 释义 | agitation (once / 366 pages) 1n 2n Agitation is the act of stirring things up, like the agitation of a washing machine that moves the water, detergent, and clothes around and gets the dirt out or the agitation of political activists who want people to work together to do something. The verb agitation comes from the Latin word agitare, meaning “move to and fro.” Agitation can happen whenever something is physically moved around, like stirring flour, eggs and milk to make pancake batter. Agitation also describes feeling stirred up emotionally — upset — or moved to act, like the agitation of protesters whose signs about unfair hiring practices at a store make many shoppers go somewhere else. WORD FAMILYagitation: agitations+/agitate: agitated, agitates, agitating, agitation, agitative, agitator/agitated: agitatedly, unagitated/agitating: agitatingly/agitator: agitators USAGE EXAMPLESUnder sanctions imposed in March, the Treasury Department designated North Korea’s Propaganda and Agitation Department as engaging in censorship on behalf of authorities. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) This heartless agitation, once confined to fringe websites and disreputable talk-radio chatter, is now metastasizing into something much more sinister. Salon(Dec 14, 2016) In the end, Ross’s agitation seemed to work: in February, 2010, N.Y.U. announced unusually strong contractual safeguards for workers on the site. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) 1 1n a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance Hypo|Hyper disturbance, perturbation, upset an unhappy and worried mental state fret, lather, stew, sweat, switheragitation resulting from active worry dither, flap, fuss, pother, tizzyan excited state of agitation tailspinloss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic 2n the feeling of being agitated; not calm Ant|Hypo|Hyper calmness a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement unrest a feeling of restless agitation fidget, fidgetiness, restlessnessa feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion stewingan extreme state of worry and agitation stiremotional agitation and excitement tumult, turmoilviolent agitation impatiencea restless desire for change and excitement electricitykeen and shared excitement sensationa general feeling of excitement and heightened interest feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 3n a state of agitation or turbulent change or development Syn|Hyper ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) 4n disturbance usually in protest 2Syn|Hyper excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval disturbance the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion n the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) Hypo|Hyper shaking the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements stirringagitating a liquid with an implement shake, wag, wagglecausing to move repeatedly from side to side worryingthe act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes jiggle, jogglea slight irregular shaking motion motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location |
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