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动词辨析 agitate，disturb，perturb，upset 这组词都有“扰乱”的意思。其区别是disturb有时并不意味着使受扰的人动了感情；perturb的意思是“把…扰得紊乱不安”，使受扰乱者焦急烦恼；agitate强调使受扰乱者感情激动甚至不能克制自己；upset的意思是使人心绪烦乱，感觉不舒服，或打乱预定的安排。agitate for，advocate，air，preach这组词语都有“鼓吹”的意思。其区别在于preach指认为正当或有价值而极力主张；advocate指公开宣扬一种计划或主张；agitate for则指公开极力宣扬或强烈反对某些政治或社会变革；而air则指大声宣扬自己的思想、观点或抱怨等。upset，agitate，disturb，perturb 这些动词均有“使不安，使心烦意乱”之意。upset最普通，最通俗用词，侧重失去精神上的平静，心理上完全丧失平衡。agitate侧重指内心的焦虑，难于控制，表露于外。disturb指因某人的行动、扰乱、妨碍安静等而使人不得安宁。perturb书面语用词，指使人焦急烦恼，扰得心情不安。

中文词源： agitate 煽动 来自词根ag, 做。此处指做坏事。 agitate
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Do certain activities agitate you ?

某些活动会不会使你激动起来呢？

In washington , it is often fear of china 's increasing military strength that gets lawmakers and top government officials to agitate against deals .

华盛顿经常担心中国日益增长的军事力量，使立法者们和最高层政府官员鼓动反对这些交易。

While initially welcoming this rush of online activity , vietnam 's authorities have shown their concern about how it can be used to spread criticism of government policies and agitate in favor of democracy and other reforms .

尽管越南开始时欢迎网络活动的激增，有关部门却表现出了对网络被用来散布批评政府政策言论、煽动民主和其他改革感到担忧。

Elected officials tend to be accommodating when confronted by powerful constituencies such as the public service unions that agitate for plush benefits and often provide ( or deny ) a steady flow of cash to election campaign funds .

民选官员面对公务员工会等强大的选民团体时，往往采取迁就态度这些团体鼓动发放慷慨的福利，并常常向竞选基金提供（或拒绝提供）稳定的现金流。

Barring a heavy-handed government crackdown that could push the country toward implosion , russia appears to be headed for a protracted struggle between the government and the opposition , which , divided as it may be , will agitate and use the power of the street to force change .

排除高压政府出面镇压，让国家面临崩溃的可能性，俄罗斯更倾向于在政府和反对派之间发生一场旷日持久的斗争，反对派虽然各自为战，但都会鼓动和利用民间力量迫使变革发生。