animate

['ænimit]

v.使有生气, 赋予生命,鼓励
adj.有生命的, 有活力的

vt.

1. 赋予生命, 使有生命

2. 使活泼, 使有活力, 使有生气

Jim's arrival served to animate the whole party.

吉姆的到来使聚会的整个气氛活跃了起来。

3. 激励, 鼓舞

Her words animated us to greater efforts.

她的话激励我们作出更大努力。

4. 驱动, 推动

The breeze animated the leaves.

微风吹动树叶。

5. 使栩栩如生地动作

animate puppets

使木偶作活动表演

6. 绘制(卡通影片)

词形变化

动词过去式: animated | 动词过去分词: animated | 动词现在分词: animating | 动词第三人称单数: animates |

词义辨析

同义:

v.使……有生气, 产生活力

create  vivify  quicken  vitalize  enliven  invigorate  energize  fortify

v.激励

encourage  inspire  inspirit  hearten  enhearten  embolden  elate  gladden  cheer  delight  exhilarate

v.激起

actuate  activate  motivate  rouse  incite  stimulate  arouse  rouse up  fire  kindle  enkindle  stir  goad  spur on  prod  prompt  instigate  provoke  excite  work up  breathe air into  vitalize  invigorate  quicken  

反义:

vt.激励; 使活泼

depress  enervate  stagnate  

英英释义

动词 animate:

heighten or intensify

同义词：inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt

give lifelike qualities to

同义词：animize, animise

make lively

同义词：enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate

give new life or energy to

同义词：recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify

形容词 animate:

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness- T.E.Lawrence

同义词：sentient

补充

animateanimate英:[ˈænimeit] 美:[ˈænəˌmet]vt.1.赋予…以生命; 使有生气; 激励Laughter animated his face.笑使他脸上增添了生气。

例句

1. The match failed to animate the crowd.那场比赛没能激起观众的热情。 2. An expression of amusement animated their faces.一抹笑容让他们脸上有了生气。 3. It's the best traditionally animated movie since Beauty and the Beast.那是自《美女与野兽》一片以来用传统手法拍摄的最好的动画片。 4. the natural world, both animate and inanimate有生命的和无生命的自然世界 5. The soul animates the body.灵魂使肉体有生命。 6. Her presence animated the party.她的出席使聚会更有生气。 7. The soldiers were animated by the general's brave speech.战士们被将军的慷慨激昂演说所激励。 8. to animate weary troops鼓舞精神不振的士兵们 9. The breeze animated the flags.微风吹动了旗帜。 10. They were animated by religious zeal.他们被宗教热情所驱使。 11. to animate puppets操纵木偶 12. to animate a children's story把一个儿童故事制成动画片 13. to animate a fairy tale把一个童话制成动画片 14. the desert is like a line drawing waiting to be animated with colour.沙漠像正在等待着色使之生机勃勃的线条画。 15. she has animated the government with a sense of political direction.她以政治方向感鼓舞了政府。 16. gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate.以多种多样形式——有生命和无生命的——出现的神。 17. party photos of animate socialites.社交界活跃人物的聚会照片。 18. Her enthusiasm animated the whole room.她的热情使整个屋子生气勃勃。 19. animate beings生物 20. The lecture was about ancient worship of animate and inanimate objects.讲座是关于古代对有生命物和无生命物的崇拜。 21. A smile animated [=brightened] his face.微笑使他容光焕发。 22. The writer's humor animates the novel.作者的幽默让这本小说妙趣横生。 23. The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers.电影里逼真的恐龙是通过电脑动画制作的。