energize sb/sth
及物动词，直接接人或事物作宾语，表示使人或事物充满活力。
The morning run energized her for the rest of the day.
晨跑让她一整天都精力充沛。
使有活力；使振奋
energizes — third person singular of energize
给…供电；给…通电；使充满活力；使精力充沛。；供给能量,尤指电力；给(某物)通电。；使活跃；激励
To make a person feel more energetic, lively, or enthusiastic.
使充满活力；使精力充沛。
To invigorate; to make energetic.
供给能量,尤指电力；给(某物)通电。
To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).
一般现在时
Her enthusiasm energizes the whole team.
她的热情让整个团队充满活力。
一般过去时
The coach energized the players before the game.
比赛前，教练让队员们充满了活力。
现在完成时
The new generator has energized the whole village.
新发电机已经为整个村庄供上了电。
及物动词，规则变化。既指使人充满活力、振奋精神，也指为设备供电、通电。
A quick walk outside usually energizes me more than a cup of coffee.
在外面快走一会儿通常比喝一杯咖啡更能让我精力充沛。
用法提示：energizes 是动词 energize 的第三人称单数形式，表示“使某人精力充沛”。
The coach's encouraging words energized the players before the final match.
教练鼓励的话语让球员们在决赛前充满了活力。
用法提示：energized 是 energize 的过去式，表示“使（球员们）充满活力”。
Does a cold shower really energize you, or does it just wake you up?
洗个冷水澡真的能让你精力充沛吗，还是只是让你清醒过来？
用法提示：energize 在这里是动词原形，用于一般现在时的疑问句，意思是“使某人精力充沛”。
及物动词，直接接人或事物作宾语，表示使人或事物充满活力。
The morning run energized her for the rest of the day.
晨跑让她一整天都精力充沛。
被动结构，by 后接带给人或事物活力的来源。
The crowd was energized by the band's performance.
人群被乐队的表演激发得情绪高涨。
此义指供给能量，尤指电力，宾语常为设备、系统或地区；也可用 be energized 表示通电状态。
The power station energizes the whole city.
发电站为整座城市供电。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel energize after a short nap.
正确表达I feel energized after a short nap.
feel 后面不能直接跟动词原形，energize 是动词，意思是“使…精力充沛”；要表达自己感到精力充沛，用过去分词 energized（也可用形容词 energetic），所以是 feel energized。
grammar · medium
易错句子This switch energizes to the motor.
正确表达This switch energizes the motor.
energize 是及物动词，表示“给…通电、向…供电”时后面必须直接接宾语（energize + 宾语），不需要介词 to，这和汉语“给电机通电”里“给”字对应多个介词的习惯不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子The coffee gave me energize.
正确表达The coffee energized me.
energize 只有动词词性，没有名词用法，不能像汉语的“能量、活力”那样当名词放在 give sb. 后面；表示“使某人精力充沛”应直接用动词 energize 接宾语，即 energize sb.。
使人群活跃起来；让观众振奋
The candidate's speech energized the crowd.
这位候选人的演讲让观众振奋起来。
激发核心支持者的热情
The new policy is meant to energize the party's base.
这项新政策旨在激发该党派核心支持者的热情。
使团队充满干劲
A good manager knows how to energize the team.
优秀的管理者懂得如何让团队充满干劲。
为经济注入活力；刺激经济
The government hopes the tax cuts will energize the economy.
政府希望减税能为经济注入活力。
给电路通电
Flip the switch to energize the circuit.
扳动开关给电路通电。
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给电线通电
Never energize a wire while someone is working on it.
有人作业时切勿给电线通电。