excitement
英 [ɪkˈsaɪt.mənt]
美 [ɪkˈsaɪt.mənt]
1、ex- "out" + cit- "move, stir, call, rouse" + -e.
2、字面含义:make motion(激发、刺激而使其活动), stir up, call out.
3、excite + -ment.
- excitement (n.)
- early 15c., "encouragement;" c. 1600, "something that tends to excite," from excite + -ment. Meaning "condition of mental and emotional agitation" is from 1846.
- 1. It had been a time of almost uncontrollable excitement.
- 那是一个几乎难以抑制亢奋的时期。
- 2. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
- 那里气氛安宁而不热闹。
- 3. She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.
- 她浑身感到一股莫名的兴奋。
- 4. She felt a surge of excitement run through her.
- 她突然觉得浑身激动。
- 5. The happiness and the excitement had been drained completely from her voice.
- 幸福和激动已经完全从她的声音中消失了。