agitation
US: /ˌædʒəˈteɪʃən/
UK: /ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
UK: /ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
agitation /,ædʤi'teiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự lay động, sự rung động, sự làm rung chuyển
- sự khích động, sự xúc động, sự bối rối
- sự suy đi tính lại, sự suy nghĩ lung (một vấn đề gì); sự thảo luận
- sự khích động quần chúng, sự gây phiến động
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] worry and anxiety that you show by behaving in a nervous way: Dot arrived in a state of great agitation.
2 [U, C] ~ (for / against sth) public protest in order to achieve political change: widespread agitation for social reform
3 [U] (technical) the act of stirring or shaking a liquid
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 shaking, disturbance, churning, stirring, turbulence:
The agitation made the solution become cloudy.
2 excitement, arousal, rabble-rousing, provocation, stirring up, incitement, ferment, stimulation, over-stimulation, commotion:
The organized agitation of the crowds continued for weeks after the coup.
Collocation dictionary
1 worry/excitement
ADJ.
acute, considerable, extreme, great
VERB + AGITATION
show
trying not to show her agitation
| conceal, hide
He could not hide his agitation.
PREP.
in sb's ~
He knocked his glass over in his agitation.
| with ~
She was wriggling on the seat with agitation.
PHRASES
a feeling/state of agitation
2 public protest
ADJ.
growing | mass, popular, public | political
VERB + AGITATION
engage in, turn to
The organization is turning to political agitation in order to achieve its aims.
| stir up
PREP.
~ against
There has been mass agitation against the president.
| ~ for
There is growing agitation for reform of local government.
Concise English dictionary
agitations‚ædʒɪ'teɪʃn
noun
+a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
+a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
+the feeling of being agitated; not calm
+disturbance usually in protest
+the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
