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- arouse [ə'raυz]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
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2.
vt.
to awaken from sleep
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
Examples
- to arouse pity
- 引起同情 → arouse
- 发动群众
- arouse the masses to action; mobilize the masses → 发动
- 激起公愤
- arouse public indignation → 公愤
- 引起共鸣
- arouse sympathy; strike a sympathetic chord → 共鸣
- 勾动食欲
- arouse (or whet) one's appetite → 勾动
- 鼓动群众
- arouse the masses → 鼓动
- 引起怀疑
- raise doubts; arouse suspicion → 怀疑
- 唤起民众
- arouse the masses of the people → 唤起
- 唤醒人民
- arouse the people → 唤醒
- 引起公愤
- arouse (or touch off) public indignation → 引起
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