agitate

verb

1. （尤指为法律、社会状况的改变而）激烈争论，鼓动，煽动
   to argue strongly for sth you want, especially for changes in a law, in social conditions, etc.
   1. political groups agitating for social change
      鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
   2. Her family are agitating to have her transferred to a prison in the UK.
      她的家人正多方游说要把她转到英国监狱。
2. 激怒；使不安；使激动
   to make sb feel angry, anxious or nervous
3. 搅动；摇动（液体等）
   to make sth, especially a liquid, move around by stirring or shaking it

1. VERB 煽动；鼓动；抗议
   If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
   1. The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.
      在这些工厂里做工的妇女们开始抗议要求改善工作条件。
2. VERB 搅动；摇动
   If you agitate something, you shake it so that it moves about.
   1. All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush...
      你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。
   2. Its molecules can be agitated by microwave energy.
      微波能量可以使其分子随之运动。
3. VERB 使焦虑；使狂躁不安
   If something agitates you, it worries you and makes you unable to think clearly or calmly.
   1. The thought of them getting her possessions when she dies agitates her.
      一想到他们可能会在她死后得到她的财产，她就心绪不安。
4. See also: agitation

1. The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.
   在这些工厂里做工的妇女们开始抗议要求改善工作条件。
2. All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush
   你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。
3. Its molecules can be agitated by microwave energy.
   微波能量可以使其分子随之运动。
4. The thought of them getting her possessions when she dies agitates her.
   一想到他们可能会在她死后得到她的财产，她就心绪不安。
5. This remark seemed to agitate her guest.
   这句话似乎激怒了她的客人。
6. But they don't agitate my home.
   但他们不会扰乱我家。
7. Don't agitate yourself, Louisa.
   你别太激动了，路易莎。
8. Now, I'm going to agitate the molecules.
   现在，我要打乱分子结构了。
9. The sight of your child would agitate you and do you harm.
   您看见孩子，会兴奋，会影响您的身体。
10. I am sorry, I did not mean to agitate the situation.
    对不起，我不是有意想搞坏气氛的。
11. I wish I could be acquainted with the feelings and thought which must agitate the heart and present themselves to the mind of an enlightened Englishman, when he first lands on this continent.
    我希望我能与熟悉的感情和思想，必须搅拌心脏和展示自己的一个开明的英国人的心，当他在这个大陆上的第一次土地。
12. As China of the developing country, in the face of cruel reality and good opportunity, How to agitate in the tide of new-type economy?
    作为发展中国家的中国，面对残酷的现实和良好的机遇，如何在新型经济的浪潮中激荡？
13. These were reforms for which we were prepared to agitate.
    这些就是人们准备要求的改革方案。
14. Without deliberately thinking about it, MOTIFS for love-lyrics began to agitate his brain.
    爱情抒怀诗的主题不知不觉已开始在他脑子里活跃。
15. But the more concessions the country independents get, the more it will agitate other MPs.
    但更多的让步获得独立的国家，越会鼓动其他国会议员。
16. We thought that the bad news would upset Tom, but it didn't seem to agitate him.
    我们认为这个坏消息会困扰汤姆，但它似乎并没有扰乱到他。
17. Agitate the mixture to dissolve the powder.
    搅动混合物而使粉末溶化。
18. Women had to agitate for vote for many years before they finally got it.
    妇女为选举权闹了很多年，终于获得了这种权利。
19. To agitate or upset greatly.
    极大地烦恼或使烦乱。
20. They sent agents to agitate the local people.
    他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
21. Not so you could agitate him by putting him through an interrogation.
    不能让你用审讯来使他激动。
22. To agitate or stir ( milk or cream) in order to make butter.
    搅动或搅拌（牛奶或奶油）以制黄油。
23. In Haiti, people have already begun to agitate against rising food prices.
    海地已经出现抵制粮食价格上涨的运动。
24. A method which use an agitate fluid bed to directly de water liquid materials to powders is introduced, and its drying principle is shown.
    介绍了用粉碎流化床将液态物料干燥成粉体的方法，对其干燥机理进行了分析。
25. Do not agitate for a decision right now, nor seek animmediate solution.
    不要现在就急着作出决定，也不要非得即刻解决问题。
26. Don't agitate the students and go home!
    不要鼓动学生，回家吧！
27. Don't agitate yourself over such a thing.
    不要为这种事焦虑。
28. These problems have been overcome in a number of designs; an example, based on using rising sterile air to agitate the cells.
    这些困难在许多实验设计中都已经被克服了，一个典型例子是用上升的无菌空气进行搅拌细胞。
29. Agitate each mixture for 30 sec by flicking the container with either a finger or a vibrator.
    用手指轻弹容器或振荡器振动容器，将每种混合物振动30秒钟。
30. I don't want to agitate John by telling him the news.
    我不想跟约翰说那个消息因为会激怒他。

verb

1. change the arrangement or position of

   Synonym:    vexdisturbcommoveshake upstir upraise up

2. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   1. The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

   Synonym:    rouseturn onchargecommoveexcitecharge up

3. move or cause to move back and forth
   1. The chemist shook the flask vigorously
   2. My hands were shaking

   Synonym:    shake

4. move very slightly
   1. He shifted in his seat

   Synonym:    stirshiftbudge

5. try to stir up public opinion

   Synonym:    fomentstir up

6. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person
   1. The liberal party pushed for reforms
   2. She is crusading for women's rights
   3. The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate

   Synonym:    crusadefightpresscampaignpush