excitement
英 [?k'sa?tm?nt]
美 [?k'sa?tm?nt]
助記提示
1、ex- "out" + cit- "move, stir, call, rouse" + -e.
2、字面含義：make motion(激發(fā)、刺激而使其活動(dòng)), stir up, call out.
3、excite + -ment.
英文詞源
- excitement (n.)
- early 15c., "encouragement;" c. 1600, "something that tends to excite," from excite + -ment. Meaning "condition of mental and emotional agitation" is from 1846.
雙語例句
- 1. It had been a time of almost uncontrollable excitement.
- 那是一個(gè)幾乎難以抑制亢奮的時(shí)期。
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- 2. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
- 那里氣氛安寧而不熱鬧。
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- 3. She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.
- 她渾身感到一股莫名的興奮。
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- 4. She felt a surge of excitement run through her.
- 她突然覺得渾身激動(dòng)。
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- 5. The happiness and the excitement had been drained completely from her voice.
- 幸福和激動(dòng)已經(jīng)完全從她的聲音中消失了。
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