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aroused

/uh-rouzd/US // əˈraʊzd //

兴起的,觉醒的,兴起,觉醒了

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : stirred up to strong response: The Legislature must answer for its actions to an informed and highly aroused public.
    • : showing or feeling sexual excitement: "I must ask you that question more often, husband," she says, an aroused glow in her eyes.
    • : awake and alert: In this long arctic winter the new moon makes me lethargic, and conversely the full moon keeps me pleasantly aroused and energetic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbexcite, entice

Examples

  • Also, that people are less disgusted by certain sexual matters when they’re aroused.

  • Am I going to be turned on by a man I know is aroused by other men and has sex with other men?

  • Murder Boner” is a great one: “The thought of extinguishing a human life really makes me aroused.

  • “How it reached this animated video nobody knows, and this has aroused a debate on the social networks,” Badawy said.

  • But the man who truly aroused their fury is the Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al Sisi.

  • This speech aroused great skepticism at Titanic's table, which in turn aroused bets.

  • Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.

  • Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.

  • One day the hopes of all were aroused by a distant roar in the mountains, only to be dashed by finding it to be thunder.

  • The first was a democratic step indeed, and aroused great excitement.

  • It had been aroused a little by the stranger himself; secondly by their scared faces; thirdly by this close conference.