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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8673 COCA: 12905

— agitation

/ˌæʤəˈteɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8673 COCA: 12905

agitation

noun

ag·​i·​ta·​tion ˌa-jə-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce agitation (audio)
plural agitations
1
: 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
2
: 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
3
: 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
agitational adjective

Word History

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of agitation was in 1547
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8673 COCA: 12905
agitation

noun¹

1worry/excitement憂慮;激動ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGITATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEacute, extreme極度心煩意亂VERB + AGITATIONshow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。PREPOSITIONin 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。PHRASESa feeling of agitation, a state of agitation焦慮的感覺/狀態
agitation

noun²

2public protest公開的抗議ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGITATION | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgrowing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 + AGITATIONengage 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PREPOSITIONagitation 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。

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