arouse

• vt. 引起；唤醒；鼓励
• vi. 激发；醒来；发奋

古英语前缀a-, 来自PIE*uz, 向上，向外，词源同out. 单词rouse, 唤醒。

arouse

arouse: [16] Shakespeare is the first writer on record to use arouse, in 2 Henry VI, 1593: ‘Loud howling wolves arouse the jades that drag the tragic melancholy night’. It was formed, with the intensive prefix a-, from rouse, a word of unknown origin which was first used in English in the 15th century as a technical term in falconry, meaning ‘plump up the feathers’.
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arouse (v.)

1590s, "awaken" (transitive), from a- (1) "on" + rouse. Related: Aroused; arousing.

1. There is nothing like a long walk to arouse the appetite.

没有什么比走很长的路更能激起食欲的了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people.

他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation.

我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We must arouse them to fight with enemies.

我们必须唤起他们同敌人斗争.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.

荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》