excite
- v. 使兴奋
- v. 激励
- Definition
- v. to make someone feel very enthusiastic or eager
- v. to make someone feel emotionally stirred
- Example
- New adventures always excite the young explorers.
- 新的冒险总能让年轻的探险者们兴奋不已。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to cause a strong or active response (verb).
比较义项：激发兴趣、热情或积极反应，使更活跃或兴奋（动词）。
- stimulate
Emphasizes prompting something (often an abstract faculty like imagination, appetite, or interest) to become more active or develop further; usually takes a thing, not a person's feelings, as its object.
强调促使某种事物（常为想象力、食欲、兴趣等抽象事物）变得更活跃或进一步发展；宾语通常是某种事物，而非人的情绪。
Bright colors and new toys stimulate a baby's developing brain.
鲜艳的颜色和新玩具能刺激婴儿发育中的大脑。
- excite 本词
Emphasizes causing a strong emotional reaction in a person, especially thrill or eager enthusiasm; typically takes a person as its object.
强调让人产生强烈的情绪反应，尤指兴奋或热切的期待；宾语通常是人。
The surprise party really excited her, and she couldn't stop smiling.
那场惊喜派对真的让她很兴奋，她笑个不停。
Stimulate and excite both mean to cause an active response. Stimulate means prompting something, often an abstract faculty like imagination, to become active; its object is usually a thing. Excite means causing a strong emotional reaction, especially thrill; its object is typically a person.
这两个词都可表示“激发某种积极反应”，但语气和对象不同：stimulate 强调促使某事物变得更活跃或进一步发展，常用于抽象事物（如想象力、食欲）；excite 强调让人产生强烈的情绪波动，常用于人，表示兴奋、激动。