一、详细释义：


v.

使兴奋，激动 [I,T]


例句：

This announcement greatly excited us.

这个通知使我们大为激动。


例句：

The news excited everybody.

这则消息使每个人都感到兴奋。


激发，刺激 [T]


例句：

His achievement excited her envy.

他的成就激发了她的羡慕。


例句：

Her story excited my pity.

她的经历激起了我的同情心。


二、词义辨析：


encourage,inspire,excite,stimulate

这些动作均表“鼓励，激励”之意。 encourage指提高某人情绪，增强战胜困难，实现目标的信心和勇气。 inspire通常指鼓起勇气，充满信心和希望。 excite主要指某人的言行或其它外界因素使他人变得兴奋或感情冲动，多用被动态。 stimulate尤指人或物因外界因素而受到刺激，使人振作起来或增强做某事的信心和勇气。


三、参考例句：


Everything could excite them.

他们似乎对什么事儿都感到很兴奋。


Don't excite yourself.

不要激动。


His playing is brilliant, but it doesn't excite me.

尽管他的演奏很高超，但无法让我兴奋起来。


They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest.

他们提供各种各样的活动来激发孩子们的兴趣。


There are but two things that chiefly excite us to love woman. an attractive beauty and unspotted fame.

能激发我们去爱女人的主要有两样东西：动人的美貌和清白的名声。


Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.

每个人都可能独霸一方，成为小小的暴君，直至天使长的喇叭在他的灵魂里激起不同的感情为止。


Don't set goals that just excite you; set goals that scare you a little bit. That way they'll strengthen your "motivation muscle."

不要仅仅设定能刚好让你兴奋的目标；设定的目标要能让你自己有点害怕。这样，这些目标就能让你的“动力肌肉”更加发达。