agitative
激动人心的,躁动的,激动人心,躁动
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ag·i·tat·ed, ag·i·tat·ing.
- : to move or force into violent, irregular action: The hurricane winds agitated the sea.
- : to shake or move briskly: The machine agitated the mixture.
- : to move to and fro; impart regular motion to.
- : to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb: a crowd agitated to a frenzy by impassioned oratory; a man agitated by disquieting news.
- : to call attention to by speech or writing; discuss; debate: to agitate the question.
- : to consider on all sides; revolve in the mind; plan.
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ag·i·tat·ed, ag·i·tat·ing.
- : to arouse or attempt to arouse public interest and support, as in some political or social cause or theory: to agitate for the repeal of a tax.
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Examples
The decision of big brands and banks to pull money from Republican politicians who agitated against the outcome of the US presidential election was a major story after the storming of the Capitol.
Women in a number of countries had been agitating for the vote before the First World War, and the argument was that you don’t have a stake in society in the way men do, so you should stay at home.
The challenge facing Pelosi is markedly different from the one she faced two years ago, when a platoon of lawmakers agitated for her and other top honchos to step aside for a younger generation of leaders.
Alexion has been actively shopping for a buyer since at least May, when activist hedge fund Elliott Management began publicly agitating for a sale.
The researchers knew that humans get agitated when confronted with a lack of social contact—but the neurological basis for those emotions wasn’t well known before, they said.