galvanize
verb🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪz/
🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪz/
(British English also galvanise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they galvanize | 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪz/ 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪz/ |
| he / she / it galvanizes | 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple galvanized | 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzd/ |
| past participle galvanized | 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzd/ |
| -ing form galvanizing | 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈɡælvənaɪzɪŋ/ |
to make somebody take action by shocking them or by making them excited 使震惊；使振奋；激励；刺激 The win galvanized the whole team. 这场胜利令整支队伍欢欣鼓舞。 - galvanize somebody into (doing) something
The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action. 他急迫的声音激励他们行动起来。 🔊🔊 - galvanize somebody to do something
We need new approaches that will galvanize the industry to deal with its problems. 我们需要新的方法来激励行业解决其问题。
- galvanize something (specialist)
to cover metal with zinc in order to protect it from rust 电镀；给（金属）镀锌 a galvanized bucket 镀锌桶 galvanized steel 镀锌钢
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘stimulate by electricity’): from French galvaniser, named after Luigi Galvani (1737-98), the Italian anatomist.