agitate /ˈædʒɪˌteɪt/ CET6+ TEM8 ( agitating, agitated, agitates )

• 1. 

  V-I If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it. 抗争

  例：

  The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.

  在这些工厂里工作的女工开始为更佳的条件而抗争。

• 2. 

  V-T If you agitate something, you shake it so that it moves about. 搅动 [正式]

  例：

  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搅动水。

• 3. 

  V-T If something agitates you, it worries you and makes you unable to think clearly or calmly. 使焦虑不安

  例：

  Carl and Martin may inherit their grandmother's possessions when she dies. The thought agitates her.

  他们的祖母去世后，卡尔和马丁可能会继承她的财产。这个念头令她焦虑不安。