excite

动词 excite:

1. arouse or elicit a feeling
2. act as a stimulant
   同义词：stimulate
3. raise to a higher energy level
   同义词：energize, energise
4. stir feelings in
   同义词：stimulate, stir
5. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   同义词：agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up
6. stimulate sexually
   同义词：arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
7. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   同义词：stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
8. produce a magnetic field in

1. Some people are sexually excited by pornographic magazines.
   有的人看到色情杂志能激发起性欲。
2. Your remark excited him to jealousy.
   你的话引起了他的嫉妒。
3. The good news excited everybody.
   这个好消息使每一个人都很兴奋。

ex.cite

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.cit.ed,ex.cit.ing,ex.cites
To stir to activity.
使兴奋
To call forth (a reaction or emotion, for example); elicit:
激起：使唤起（例如，反应或感情）；导致：
例句：
odd noises that excited our curiosity.
古怪的噪音激起了我们的好奇心

To arouse strong feeling in:
使动感情：
例句：
speakers who know how to excite a crowd.See Synonyms at provoke
知道怎样打动人群的演讲者参见 provoke

Physiology To produce increased activity or response in (an organ, a tissue, or a part); stimulate.
【生理学】 刺激：刺激或提高（器官、组织或身体一部分）的活力；刺激
Physics
【物理学】
To increase the energy of.
使增加能量
To raise (an atom, for example) to a higher energy level.
激发：将（原子核）提高到更高的一个能级

来源：
Middle English exciten
中古英语 exciten
from Latin excit3re [frequentative of] exciôre
源自 拉丁语 excit3re [] exciôre的重复动词
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.出自….]
ciôre [to set in motion] * see kei- 2
ciôre [使开始工作] *参见 kei- 2