单词 | invigorate |
释义 | invigorate (once / 1878 pages) v Invigorate means to give strength or energy to something or someone. If you're the new cheerleading coach, you can invigorate the team by bringing them your exciting new cheers, and the team’s growing popularity will invigorate them even more. When you invigorate someone, you inspire, you breathe life into them. One of the best ways to invigorate another person is with your own enthusiasm — when you're animated and energetic, it seems to rub off on others. You might need to invigorate yourself when you first wake up in the morning, with a cup of coffee or a shower to get you going for the day. The word invigorate comes from the Latin in, "toward" and vigorare "make strong." WORD FAMILYinvigorate: invigorated, invigorates, invigorating, invigoration, invigorator, reinvigorate+/invigorating: invigoratingly/invigoration: invigorations/invigorator: invigorators/reinvigorate: reinvigorated, reinvigorates, reinvigorating USAGE EXAMPLESAffirmation does not invigorate, it creates a “dopamine high.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Either way, Democrats are in dire straits, fighting a defensive battle against a newly invigorated Republican Party. Slate(Dec 29, 2016) David Bowie's death in January was all the more shocking because he sounded so creatively invigorated on Blackstar. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) 1v give life or energy to The cold water invigorated him Syn|Hyper quicken excite, stimulate act as a stimulant 2v impart vigor, strength, or vitality to Exercise is invigorating Syn|Hyper reinvigorate arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate cause to be alert and energetic 3v heighten or intensify Syn|Hypo|Hyper animate, enliven, exalt, inspire encourage inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge onspur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts foster, nurturehelp develop, help grow holloencourage somebody by crying hollo cheer, embolden, hearten, recreategive encouragement to draw outmake more sociable bring outencourage to be less reserved goad, spurgive heart or courage to excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 4v make lively Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper animate, enliven, liven, liven up blunt, deaden make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation ginger up, jazz up, juice up, pep up make more interesting or lively inspirit, spirit, spirit upinfuse with spirit arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate cause to be alert and energetic |
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