galvanise

英

美

v.  激励；镀锌；通电流于

过去式：galvanised　过去分词：galvanised　现在分词：galvanising　第三人称单数：galvanises　

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英英释义

verb

• stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
  Synonym:galvanize
• cover with zinc
  1. galvanize steel
  Synonym:galvanize
• to stimulate to action
  1. ..startled him awake
  2. galvanized into action
  Synonym:startlegalvanize

双语例句

• Politicians normally require a full-blown financial crisis to galvanise them into action.
  政客们通常需要一场全面的金融危机来刺激他们采取行动。
• The world bank initiative came ahead of a United Nations summit in Rome next week when the bank and other multinational institutions hope to galvanise support and find more donor money to tackle the food crisis.
  在世界银行提出这一倡议之际，联合国将于下周在罗马召开峰会，届时世界银行和其它跨国机构希望获得更多捐款，应对食品危机。
• "Nigeria has depended on other nations for virtually everything because of the absence of an effective science and technology policy to galvanise growth and development," he said.
  “尼日利亚几乎所有的东西都要依靠其他国家，因为它缺乏有效的科学政策以激发增长和发展，”他说。
• Hopes that power shortages in China will eliminate some of this local production and galvanise imports are wide of the mark.
  以为电力紧缺会促使中国减少本地生产并增加进口的想法是不切实际的。
• Investors can now look forward to the easing of restrictions in cross-strait trade and investment, which should galvanise a Taiwanese economy already dependent on its commercial links with mainland China.
  投资者现在可以期待，台湾将放宽海峡两岸贸易和投资限制，这应会对本已依赖两岸间商业往来的台湾经济起到刺激作用。
• His anger seemed to galvanise other frustrated, mostly middle-aged mourners, who joined him in trying to batter down the gate until police backed down and allowed them to enter.
  他的愤怒感染了其他沮丧悲伤人群，他们中的大部分是中年人。这些人跟他一起，努力想砸开大门，后来警察后退，把他们放了进去。
• Apple could galvanise the market.
  苹果可能激活这个市场。
• What the team need is a leader who will somehow galvanise them.
  队中需要的是一位在一定程度上能激励他们的领军人物。
• Analysts say they do not expect product safety to be the sort of issue that will galvanise middle-class political activism.
  分析家表示，他们并不认为，产品安全问题将激励中产阶级采取任何政治行动。
• Meanwhile China, notwithstanding its rhetoric about learning from the US crisis, is merrily ploughing a similar path seeking to galvanise the property market by loosening loan to value requirements on new home purchases.
  与此同时，尽管中国表示要吸取美国危机的经验教训，但它其实正兴冲冲地走在类似的道路上：企图通过放宽对新屋购置的贷款价值比要求，来激活楼市。