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animate + obj
The speaker animated the audience with his stories.
演讲者用他的故事使观众活跃起来。
使有生气；使活泼；激励
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使有生气；使活泼；激励
To make someone or something more lively or enthusiastic; to give spirit to.
The speaker animated the audience with his stories.
演讲者用他的故事使观众活跃起来。
赋予运动或运动的外观。
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
赋予精神或活力；激励或使活跃；鼓舞。
To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
animate
Base
原形
animates
3rd person
第三人称单数
animating
-ing
现在分词
animated
Past
过去式
animated
Past participle
过去分词
The good news animates the team.
好消息使团队充满活力。
Her speech animated the audience.
她的演讲使观众活跃起来。
Music has animated the party.
音乐使派对充满生气。
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词同形。
The lively music animated the crowd at the concert.
活泼的音乐使音乐会上的人群充满生气。
Her passion for teaching animated her entire classroom.
她对教学的热情使整个课堂活跃起来。
The artist animated the character with subtle facial expressions.
艺术家通过微妙的面部表情让角色变得生动。
The speaker animated the audience with his stories.
演讲者用他的故事使观众活跃起来。
She animated her presentation with colorful graphics.
她用彩色图表使她的演示生动有趣。
Not this
The cartoon was animatied by the artist.
Use this
The cartoon was animated by the artist.
动词'animate'的过去分词形式为'animated'，而非'animatied'。规则是原形以e结尾直接加d，不应双写t或加ied。
Not this
The teacher's story animated.
Use this
The teacher's story animated the students.
动词'animate'是及物动词，需要直接接宾语，表示'使……有生气'。缺少宾语造成句子不完整。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使角色动起来；给角色制作动画
The team spent months animating the main character.
团队花了数月时间让主角动起来。
让场景有动感；制作场景动画
She animated the opening scene with subtle movements.
她以细微的动作让开场场景有了动感。
使物体移动；赋予物体动感
The artist animates ordinary objects in her videos.
这位艺术家在她的视频中让普通物体动起来。
鼓舞人群；使人群活跃起来
His speech animated the crowd before the march.
他的演讲鼓舞了游行前的人群。
使讨论活跃起来
A good question can animate a dull discussion.
一个好问题能让沉闷的讨论活跃起来。
Use animate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 animal（动物）：动物能动，animate 就是“使动起来、使有生气”。记住 animal 里有 anim，animate 让它动起来。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal or literary writing、animation or filmmaking 作“鼓舞/使有活力”解时，通常用于正式或文学语境；作“制作动画/使动起来”解时，比较常见于动画与影视制作语境。具体用哪个意思需根据搭配判断。
animate 读 /ˈænɪmeɪt/，动词结尾的 -ate 发 /eɪt/。mate /meɪt/ 与 animate 末尾音节同音，late /leɪt/ 共享 /eɪt/；estimate /ˈestɪmeɪt/ 和 separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ 作动词时也以 /meɪt/ 结尾。注意：这些 -ate 词作名词/形容词时常发 /ət/，例如 separate /ˈsepərət/、estimate /ˈestɪmət/；inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/ 也是这种 /ət/ 结尾。create /kriˈeɪt/ 重音在第二音节，因此它们都不是 animate 的完全押韵词。
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