: the act or an instance of agitating something : a moving back and forth or with an irregular, rapid, or violent action
In candy making, this agitation usually consists of working the chocolate back and forth on a marble surface with a large scraper. Rose Levy Beranbaum
The technology is based on the controlled agitation of concentrated ore particles with precisely determined amounts of acid. Corale L. Brierley
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: a state or feeling of being agitated and restless
nervous agitation
Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation. Arthur Conan Doyle
She sat some time in a good deal of agitation, listening, trembling, and fearing to be sent for every moment … Jane Austen
: a state of excessive psychomotor activity accompanied by increased tension and irritability
… characterized by prominent agitation, irritability, and delusions … Oliver Freudenreich et al.
Propranolol and other beta-blockers suppress physical symptoms of agitation and anxiety by slowing down the sympathetic nervous system.The Harvard Mental Health Letter
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: a persistent and sustained attempt to arouse public feeling or influence public opinion (as by appeals, discussions, or demonstrations)
political agitation
… makes it clear that this assertive attitude of black women was essential during the agitation for civil rights. Gloria Naylor
1worry/excitement憂慮;激動ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGITATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤acute, extreme極度心煩意亂VERB + AGITATION➤show表現出焦慮◇She was trying not to show her agitation.她盡量掩飾她的焦慮。➤conceal, hide掩飾/掩蓋焦慮◇He could not hide his agitation.他無法掩飾自己的焦慮。PREPOSITION➤in sb's agitation某人激動之下◇He knocked his glass over in his agitation.他一激動把杯子打翻了。➤with agitation焦慮不安地◇She was wriggling on the seat with agitation.她不安地在座位上扭來扭去。PHRASES➤a feeling of agitation, a state of agitation焦慮的感覺/狀態agitation
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2public protest公開的抗議ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGITATION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤growing愈演愈烈的騷動▸➤mass, popular, public民眾的抗議;公眾的騷動▸➤political政治騷動VERB + AGITATION➤engage in, turn to參加/訴諸抗議活動◇The organization is turning to political agitation in order to achieve its aims.這個組織正通過政治抗議活動來達到其目的。➤stir up激起抗議PREPOSITION➤agitation against反對⋯的騷動◇There has been mass agitation against the president.已經發生了民眾反對總統的騷動。➤agitation for為⋯的騷動◇There is growing agitation for reform of local government.主張改革當地政府的騷動越來越多。