animate
英 ['?n?me?t]
美['?n?met]
- vt. 使有生氣；使活潑；鼓舞；推動
- adj. 有生命的
CET6TEM8GRE常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?animates;過去式:?animated;過去分詞:?animated;現在分詞:?animating;
英文詞源
- animate (v.)
- 1530s, "to fill with boldness or courage," from Latin animatus past participle of animare "give breath to," also "to endow with a particular spirit, to give courage to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). Sense of "give life to" in English attested from 1742. Related: Animated; animating.
- animate (adj.)
- "alive," late 14c., from Latin animatus (see animate (v.)).
雙語例句
- 1. There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.
- 板球比賽能激起觀眾熱情的地方很少。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It'strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inanimate.
- 世上萬物,一切有生命的和沒有生命的東西, 都深切感受到這氣息刺心入肺.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學
- 3. The first day I devoted to my friends, animate and inanimate.
- 第一天我獻給了我的朋友們, 有生命的和無生命的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He made no clear distinction between animate and inanimate things.
- 他對有生的和無生的東西缺乏明確的辨別.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Her skin is subtle, white, silken, animate.
- 她皮膚雪白, 細膩, 光滑, 充滿活力.
來自辭典例句