animate
英 ['ænɪmeɪt]***美 ['ænɪmet]
- vt. 使有生气；使活泼；鼓舞；推动
- adj. 有生命的
中文词源
- animate (v.)
- 1530s, "to fill with boldness or courage," from Latin animatus past participle of animare "give breath to," also "to endow with a particular spirit, to give courage to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). Sense of "give life to" in English attested from 1742. Related: Animated; animating.
- animate (adj.)
- "alive," late 14c., from Latin animatus (see animate (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.
- 板球比赛能激起观众热情的地方很少。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It'strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inanimate.
- 世上万物,一切有生命的和没有生命的东西, 都深切感受到这气息刺心入肺.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- 3. The first day I devoted to my friends, animate and inanimate.
- 第一天我献给了我的朋友们, 有生命的和无生命的.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He made no clear distinction between animate and inanimate things.
- 他对有生的和无生的东西缺乏明确的辨别.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Her skin is subtle, white, silken, animate.
- 她皮肤雪白, 细腻, 光滑, 充满活力.
来自辞典例句
