Word · Frequency #18570
animates
使有生气；使活泼；激励
animates is the third person singular of animate.
To make someone or something more lively or enthusiastic; to give spirit to.
- 1.
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
赋予运动或运动的外观。
- 2.
To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
赋予精神或活力；激励或使活跃；鼓舞。
使动起来；使有动感；将…制成动画；赋予运动或运动的外观。；赋予精神或活力；激励或使活跃；鼓舞。；使有生气；赋予生命
In use
The lively music animated the crowd at the concert.
Her passion for teaching animated her entire classroom.
The artist animated the character with subtle facial expressions.
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。
animate + obj + with + noun
She animated her presentation with colorful graphics.
她用彩色图表使她的演示生动有趣。
Verb forms
base animate · third person animates · -ing animating · past animated · past participle animated
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词同形。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- animate a character
- 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。
- animate a scene
- 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。
- animate objects
- 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。
- animate the crowd
- 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。
- animate the discussion
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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