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agitation

noun
🔊/ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn/
🔊/ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] worry that you show by behaving in a nervous way焦虑不安；忧虑；烦乱
    • Dot arrived in a state of great agitation.多特到达时十分焦虑不安。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He knocked his glass over in his agitation.他一激动把杯子打翻了。
    • She was trying not to show her agitation.她尽量掩饰她的焦虑。
    • She was wriggling on the seat with agitation.她不安地在座位上扭来扭去。
    • He started to pace up and down the room in agitation.他开始烦躁不安地在房间里踱来踱去。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • acute
    • extreme
    verb + agitation
    • show
    • conceal
    • hide
    • …
    preposition
    • in somebody’s agitation
    • with agitation
    phrases
    • a feeling of agitation
    • a state of agitation
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  2. [uncountable] agitation (for/against something) public protest in order to achieve political change骚动；煽动；鼓动
    • widespread agitation for social reform要求社会改革的大骚动
    Extra Examples
    • The organization is turning to political agitation in order to achieve its aims.这个组织正通过政治抗议活动来达到其目的。
    • There has been mass agitation against the president.已经发生了民众反对总统的骚动。
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • growing
    • mass
    • popular
    • …
    verb + agitation
    • engage in
    • turn to
    • stir up
    • …
    preposition
    • agitation against
    • agitation for
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  3. [countable] (Indian English) a public meeting or a march (= an organized walk by many people) at which people show that they are protesting against or supporting something公众集会；游行示威
    • The situation has provoked agitations all over the region.这一局势已在整个地区引发了民众示威。
    • Protesters are expected to launch an agitation over the issue.抗议者预计要就这个问题发动一次游行示威。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • growing
    • mass
    • popular
    • …
    verb + agitation
    • engage in
    • turn to
    • stir up
    • …
    preposition
    • agitation against
    • agitation for
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  4. [uncountable] (specialist) the act of mixing or shaking a liquid （液体的）搅拌，摇动
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘action, being active’): from Latin agitatio(n-), from the verb agitare, frequentative of agere ‘do, drive’.