agitator

英 ['?d??te?t?] 美['?d??tet?]

近義詞firebrand

復(fù)數(shù):?agitators;

agitator (n.): 1640s, agent noun from agitate (v.); originally "elected representative of the common soldiers in Cromwell's army," who brought grievances (chiefly over lack of pay) to their officers and Parliament.

Political sense is first recorded 1734, and negative overtones began with its association with Irish patriots such as Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847). Historically, in American English, often with outside and referring to people who stir up a supposedly contented class or race. Latin agitator meant "a driver, a charioteer."

1. Mona had watched him grow into an arrogant political agitator.: 莫娜瞧著他成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)高傲的政治鼓動(dòng)家.

2. Hitler's just a self - educated street agitator.: 希特勒無非是個(gè) 自學(xué) 出身的街頭煽動(dòng)家罷了.

3. The separator whirred the agitator jarred and crashed.: 分離器呼呼地轉(zhuǎn),抖擻器震得嘩啦啦的響.

4. The drive wheel of the world's strongest military machine was grasped by an Austrian street agitator.: 世界上一支最強(qiáng)大的軍隊(duì)的指揮權(quán),落到一個(gè)奧地利街頭鼓動(dòng)者的掌握之中.

5. For satisfactory fluidization under these conditions an agitator is used in the bed.: 在這些情況下,為了得到滿意的流態(tài)化,在流化床中加有攪拌器.