| 词汇 | galvanize |
| 释义 | galvanize verb[ T ] (UK usuallygalvanise)uk /ˈɡæl.və.naɪz/ us /ˈɡæl.və.naɪz/ to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way: 激起；使震惊；使振奋 Western charities were galvanized by TV pictures of starving people.饥民的照片在电视上播出后，西方的慈善组织倍感震惊，马上行动了起来。 galvanize someone into actionThe prospect of his mother coming to stay galvanized him into action and he started cleaning the house.他母亲要来和他一起住了，这才使得他打起精神，开始清扫房屋。 Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose hearteningly muster pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare prepare the groundidiom spur stimulus stoke urge galvanize | American Dictionarygalvanize verb[ T ] us/ˈɡæl·vəˌnɑɪz/ to cause a person or group to suddenly take action, esp. by shocking or exciting them in some way: Why not use the media to galvanize the community into action? Examples of galvanizegalvanize Alternatively, co-ordination may be aided by exogenous shocks, such as galvanizing events that create focal points for successful challenges. In the case of criminal justice, several stinging defeats for opponents of civil rights galvanized a powerful elite countermovement. The need to galvanize multiple referral routes and agencies. Treated water was distributed through concrete and galvanized iron mains, whereas domestic plumbing systems were made of copper pipes. Saving a language calls for a "revitalization team" (p. 157) to galvanize and activate people at all levels within an endangered speech community. Again, the medium is metal, this time galvanized iron. The disappearance and marginalization of languages, it is claimed, is a pernicious feature of modernity that should galvanize policymakers into action. Cages were constructed from galvanized wire-mesh and were 30 cm and 45 cm in circumference for incipient and young colonies, respectively. But he was also an eager controversialist and the theolog ian's critique galvanized him into action. Markets fail because they do not aggregate information accurately; corrective policies fail too because lobbying efforts serve to polarize rather than galvanize public debate. Importantly, it also framed hardship in very specific terms, which tells us a great deal about the issues that galvanized unrest. The conditions of railway rest houses and their personnel galvanized a dispute over domesticity as a marker of status in the workplace. Where the galvanized wall tie is welded to a heavy steel strap, the galvanized coating is removed to make the weld. For him it is the individual in his or her passions that galvanizes everything. However, the effect of a focusing event on lobbying success depends on what perspective a group has on an issue and if the event galvanized support in their favour. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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