agitate

/ˈædʒəˌteɪt/

意味: 扇動する

例文: Lena agitated for glitter rights at bedtime.
　　  レナは就寝時のラメの権利を扇動した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: agitate for change（変化を求めて扇動する）, agitate the public（世論をかき乱す）, agitate vigorously（激しく扇動する）

定義: 人の感情や意見を強く刺激して、行動を起こさせようとすること。または、液体などをかき混ぜる意味もあります。

agitateは約2,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: try to stir up public opinion
Verb: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Verb: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
Verb: move very slightly
Verb: move or cause to move back and forth
Verb: change the arrangement or position of

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The loud music began to agitate the neighbors late at night.(夜遅くに大音量の音楽が近所を騒がせ始めた。)
Don’t agitate the situation; just let it resolve itself.(状況を煽らないで、ただ自然に解決させて。)
The activist sought to agitate the public for meaningful change.(活動家は意味のある変化のために市民を煽ろうとした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Verb: The liberal party pushed for reforms
Verb: She is crusading for women’s rights
Verb: The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
Verb: He shifted in his seat
Verb: The chemist shook the flask vigorously
Verb: My hands were shaking

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): agitate, budge, campaign, charge, charge up, commove, crusade, disturb, excite, fight, foment, press, push, raise up, rouse, shake, shake up, shift, stir, stir up, turn on, vex

Antonyms(反意語): calm

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): advertise, disturb, move, provoke

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advance, agitate, arouse, assume, beat, bill, blow, bob, bolt, brandish, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, center, change hands, chase away, chop, churn, circulate, climb, close, crash, crusade, cut, cut to, dance, dandle, disarrange, dislocate, displace, distress, diverge, dodge, drag, drive, drop, drop back, duck, engage, entice, exit, expel, exteriorize, falter, fidget, flex, flick, flinch, fling, flip, flow, fluctuate, flurry, fly, funnel, get down, glide, grab, gravitate, heave, herd, hit, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, hustle, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jump, lateralize, launch, lift, linger, list, lower, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mobilize, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, nod, overturn, perturb, play, plug, pour, press down, propagandize, propel, pull, pulsate, pulse, pump, push, put, putter, quicken, race, raise, rake, reach, reciprocate, rejuvenate, relocate, rock, roll, rout out, run, saltate, scan, seesaw, send, separate, shake, shift, sidle, singsong, sink, slide, sling, slip, snap, spill, spread, startle, station, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, stumble, sweep, swing, swoop, take back, teeter, throw, thunder, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, tug, turn, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, vibrate, wallow, wamble, wash, wedge, whirl, whistle, wind, wobble, woosh, work, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): beat, bother, concuss, convulse, electrify, fan, fluff up, hype up, jiggle, palpitate, poke, pother, rattle, roil, rumpus, sparge, succuss, toss, tremble, tremor

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: agitative, agitator, campaign, charge, crusade, crusader, excitant, excitement, fighter, fomentation, fomenter, push, rousing, shake, shaker, shaking, shift, shifting, turn-on

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

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Exam Level

英検準1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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