arouse

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a·rouse /əˈraʊz/ verb [transitiveT]

1 arouse interest/expectations etc CAUSEto make you become interested, expect something etc 引起兴趣/期望等

Matt’s behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors.

马特的行为渐渐引起了邻居的兴趣。

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arouse interest/expectations etc• A man doing a handstand in the town centre is likely to arouse interest.• This extraordinary and highly convoluted story has aroused interest in many quarters from time to time.• Kennedy and Wilson had both aroused expectations, which had not been fulfilled.

2 arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BOREDto make someone feel very unfriendly and angry, or suspicious 引起敌意/怀疑/憎恨/愤怒等

A great deal of anger was aroused by Campbell’s decision.

坎贝尔的决定引起人们强烈的愤怒。

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arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc• Although it quickly subsided, what I was able to catch was sufficient to arouse suspicion.• Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.• The beguiling simplicity of the flat tax is one reason it arouses suspicion.• Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.• The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.• They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.• In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers' union branches.• Parked vehicles that arouse suspicion should be reported.

3 SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto make someone feel sexually excited 激起…的性欲 SYN excite

She felt aroused by the pressure of his body so close to hers.

他的身体如此贴近，她觉得情欲被撩拨起来了。

4 literaryWAKE UP/GET UP to wake someone 唤醒

arouse from

Anne had to be aroused from a deep sleep.

不得不把安妮从沉睡中唤醒。

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arouse• Certainly women could tell, as men could, when one of their number was aroused.• The New Urban Left councils aroused considerable hostility from the government, and some anxiety from the leadership of the Labour party.• It arouses dim memories of that tragic time when the flow of milk ceased for the child, when he was weaned.• Whether that will arouse great controversy among any but the most convinced monarchists is doubtful.• Some of the girls aroused him and arousal made him think first of Charmian, then of Marge.• His strange behavior aroused my suspicions.• The resignation of the managing director is certain to arouse new fears about the future of the company.• Zeus had made him keeper of the Winds, to still them or arouse them at his will.• Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.• Ask yourself how it makes you feel, what memories it arouses within you and whether you enjoy the sensation.• The success of the recent TV series has aroused young people's curiosity about nature in general.

Origin arouse

(1500-1600) rouse

a·rouse verb

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