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小词详解 | agitate
agitate 英 [ˈædʒɪteɪt] 美 [ˈædʒɪteɪt]
But ultimately most firms will have no choice but to do business on somebody else’s digital property, and to agitate for better terms if the owner gets too greedy. Call it the class struggle of platform capitalism.
但最终多数公司都会别无选择,只能借由他人的数字平台做生意;如果对方胃口变得太大,还得为争取更好的交易条件而抗争——不妨称之为平台资本主义下的阶级斗争吧。
——《经济学人》There weren’t even proper washrooms in their house. I got agitated and started crying.
他们家连个像样的洗手间都没有。我心烦意乱,哭了起来。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使(某人)烦恼或紧张
我不想告诉她昨天她那精明的叔父被控犯谋杀罪,免得她焦虑。
I didn't want to agitate her by telling her that her shrewd uncle was indicted for murder yesterday.
将粉末倒入溶剂中,搅动到溶解为止。
Pour the powder into the solvent and agitate it until the powder has dissolved.
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体们公开谴责政府处理这场危机的方式。
Political groups agitating for social change publicly denounced the government's handling of the crisis.几个主要的工会继续大声疾呼要求加薪。在这一问题上,其立场并未与政府保持一致。
The major unions continue to agitate for higher pay. They are not aligned with the government on this issue.
Snape looked agitated; but when he spoke again he sounded as though he was trying to appear cool and unconcerned.
斯内普似乎有些紧张,说话时却努力装出冷淡和漠不关心的样子。
upset: make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried perturb: make (someone) anxious or unsettled fluster: make (someone) agitated or confused