rouse

verb

1. 唤醒；使醒来
   to wake sb up, especially when they are sleeping deeply
   1. The telephone roused me from my sleep at 6 a.m.
      早晨6点钟，电话铃声就把我从睡梦中吵醒了。
   2. Nicky roused her with a gentle nudge.
      尼基用胳膊肘轻轻地将她推醒。
2. 使活跃起来；使产生兴趣
   to make sb want to start doing sth when they were not active or interested in doing it
   1. A lot of people were roused to action by the appeal.
      许多人响应号召行动起来。
   2. Richard couldn't rouse himself to say anything in reply.
      理查德没有兴趣回答。
3. 激起（某种情感）
   to make sb feel a particular emotion
   1. to rouse sb's anger
      把某人惹火
   2. What roused your suspicions (= what made you suspicious) ?
      你是怎么起疑心的？
4. 激怒；使激动
   to make sb angry, excited or full of emotion
   1. Chris is not easily roused.
      克里斯不容易激动。

1. V-ERG 唤醒;叫醒;(使)醒来
   If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up.
   1. Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door...
      希尔顿8点半敲门把他叫醒了。
   2. When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse.
      当我把手放到他手上时，他动了动，但并没有完全醒来。
2. VERB 使自己活跃起来;让自己振作
   If you rouse yourself, you stop being inactive and start doing something.
   1. She seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything...
      她似乎打不起精神去做任何事情。
   2. He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him...
      他不再懒洋洋地注视着下面的景色。
3. VERB 使激动;鼓动;煽动;使振奋
   If something or someone rouses you, they make you very emotional or excited.
   1. He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else...
      他比其他任何人都更积极地鼓动那里的群众。
   2. Ben says his father was good-natured, a man not quickly roused to anger or harsh opinions.
      本说他父亲的脾气温和，不轻易发火或是发表尖锐的意见。
4. VERB 激起，激发(某种感觉)
   If something rouses a feeling in you, it causes you to have that feeling.
   1. It roused a feeling of rebellion in him...
      这激起了他的叛逆感。
   2. This roused my interest in politics and I went to work for the Democrats.
      这激发了我对政治的兴趣，于是我开始效力于民主党。

1. Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door
   希尔顿8点半敲门把他叫醒了。
2. When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse.
   当我把手放到他手上时，他动了动，但并没有完全醒来。
3. She seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything
   她似乎打不起精神去做任何事情。
4. He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him
   他不再懒洋洋地注视着下面的景色。
5. He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else
   他比其他任何人都更积极地鼓动那里的群众。
6. Ben says his father was good-natured, a man not quickly roused to anger or harsh opinions.
   本说他父亲的脾气温和，不轻易发火或是发表尖锐的意见。
7. It roused a feeling of rebellion in him
   这激起了他的叛逆感。
8. This roused my interest in politics and I went to work for the Democrats.
   这激发了我对政治的兴趣，于是我开始效力于民主党。
9. He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him
   他陷入麻木状态，任何事都不能令他振奋。
10. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness-who dares to rouse him?
    你屈下身去，卧如公狮，蹲如母狮，谁敢惹你？
11. Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness-who dares to rouse them?
    他蹲如公狮，卧如母狮，谁敢惹他？
12. However, he was not going to rouse him from his sleep.
    然而，他不打算把他从睡梦中唤醒。
13. These sanctions will hurt ordinary Russians, but they are helping to rouse our country from its slumber.
    这些制裁会对普通俄罗斯人造成伤害，但制裁正在将我们的国家从沉睡中唤醒。
14. He was perfectly exhausted and they were careful not to rouse him.
    他实在疲惫不堪了，他们很小心不把他吵醒。
15. I had to shake him several times to rouse him form his sleep.
    我推了他几次才将他从梦中唤醒。
16. I've just been told you're trying to rouse the president out of his coma.
    我刚得知你正要将总统从昏迷中唤醒。
17. I didn't want to rouse you from your slumbers.
    我不想将你从沉睡中唤醒。
18. It's not the weep of failure, but the rouse after failing.
    它不是失败的哭泣，而是失败后的奋起；
19. He's very hard to rouse in the morning.
    他早晨很难被唤醒。
20. Tom drew a breath, determined that he would not rouse.
    汤姆吸了一口气，决定不去激怒她。
21. To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse.
    如从休眠或不活跃的状态之中激醒；唤醒。
22. Nicole: I'll stay with Roger and try to rouse him.
    妮可∶我会待在罗杰身边，并试著摇醒他。
23. She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.
    她精神和肉体都已疲乏，现在必须振作起来了。
24. The adulteration of alcohol in the wine rouse public attention.
    在酒中掺杂酒精引起了大众的注意。
25. The uproar was enough to rouse both the quick and the dead.
    这喧嚣声足以惊醒生者和死者。
26. I asked, in order to rouse him; for he would not stir.
    我问，为的是要唤醒他，因为他一动也不动。
27. Rouse somebody from sleep with a call.
    通过叫喊把某人从睡梦中惊醒。
28. The speaker was trying to rouse the audience to enthusiasm.
    那位演讲者正设法激起听众的热情。
29. I was worried when I couldn't rouse her.
    遇到我不能唤醒她时我就着急。
30. The therapy can be used to rouse people gently so that they feel more refreshed and less tired.
    这种疗法能够温和地唤醒人们，使他们感觉更加神清气爽、不那么疲劳。

  rouse awake awaken wake waken【导航词义：唤醒，醒来】

  rouse v. 〈正式〉唤醒

〔辨析〕指外部因素，如敲门声等，使人从沉睡中醒来。

  awake v. 醒来，唤醒

〔辨析〕主要用作不及物动词，是 wake up 的正式用语，也可用于比喻意义。

  awaken v. 〈正式〉唤醒，醒

〔辨析〕主要用作及物动词，多用于正式文体，也可用于比喻意义。

  wake v. 醒来，唤醒

〔辨析〕普通用词，指由睡梦中醒来，既可作及物动词也可作不及物动词，常与副词 up 连用。

  waken v. 〈正式〉唤醒，醒来

〔辨析〕常用于被动语态和比喻意义。

verb

1. cause to become awake or conscious
   1. He was roused by the drunken men in the street
   2. Please wake me at 6 AM.

   Synonym:    awakenwakewakenwake uparouse

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

   Synonym:    agitateturn onchargecommoveexcitecharge up

3. force or drive out
   1. The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.

   Synonym:    rout outdrive outforce out

4. become active
   1. He finally bestirred himself

   Synonym:    bestir