1. 1煽動者(帶貶義;要中性會說「活動人士」或「組織者」)

    An agitator is a person who tries to stir other people into action — a strike, a protest, a change in the law. The word is not a compliment. Bosses, officials, and newspapers use it when they : they mean "this person is causing trouble on purpose," not "this person is brave." Someone on the same side would say activist, organiser, or instead. Though actually, the same human being can be a hero at the union meeting and an agitator on the evening news; the word tells you how the speaker feels more than it tells you what the person did. It is a fairly formal, public-life word, more at home in news and history than in kitchen chat.

組成agitate(鼓動、攪動)+ -or(做這件事的人)。

同家族的字

  • agitatethe verb: to stir people (or a liquid) up
  • agitationthe noun for the stirring-up, or for a restless state
  • agitatedthe adjective: already stirred up and unable to settle

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

agitatornoun/ˈædʒɪteɪtə/

  • 1

    One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

    • Near-synonyms: instigator; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker
    • In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port.
  • 2

    An implement for shaking or mixing.

  • 3

    historicalOne of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

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