• vt. 激起；刺激…，使…兴奋
• vi. 激动

ex-, 向外。-cit, 呼喊，移动，词源同cite, cinema. 后用于心理学，指唤醒，兴奋。

excite

excite: [14] The use of the word excite to convey ‘agitated elation’ is a comparatively recent development, first recorded from the mid 19th century. Before that it was a fairly neutral verb, meaning ‘produce a response, provoke’ (as in the rather formal ‘excite much comment’). It comes, perhaps via Old French exciter, from Latin excitāre ‘call forth, arouse, produce’. This was a variant of exciēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ciēre ‘move, call’ (source also of English cite, incite, recite, and solicit).
=> cite, incite, recite, solicit

excite (v.)

mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.

1. Reports of the plot of this unusual film tend to excite revulsion.

有关这部不同寻常电影的情节的报道常常令人生厌。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Daniel's early exposure to motor racing did not excite his interest.

丹尼尔早期与摩托车赛的接触并没有激发他的兴趣。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The speaker has been warned to excite violence in the crowd.

演讲者曾受到警告,不要在听众中挑起暴力.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Yahoo was the exception, but Excite, Infoseek, HotBot and Lycos began as search engines.

Yahoo是个例外, 但是Excite, Infoseek, HotBot和 Lycos都开始转型成为了搜索引擎.

来自互联网

5. The amount of nicotine in these nicotine substitutes can be enough to excite the heart.

这些尼古丁替代品中的烟碱含量足以刺激心脏。

来自柯林斯例句