animate
animate
verb
[with obj.]
verb
[with obj.]
- (chiefly figurative)bring to life
(主 喻)使有生命
the desert is like a line drawing waiting to be animated with colour.
沙漠像正在等待着色使之生机勃勃的线条画。
■give inspiration, encouragement, or renewed vigour to
鼓动，激励；使有活力
she has animated the government with a sense of political direction.
她以政治方向感鼓舞了政府。 - (一般作 be animated)give (a film or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques
把…绘制成动画
- alive or having life. often as a contrast with inanimate
有生命的。 常与 inanimate 相对
gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate.
以多种多样形式——有生命和无生命的——出现的神。
■lively and active
生气勃勃的，活跃的
party photos of animate socialites.
社交界活跃人物的聚会照片。
- late Middle English : from Latin animat- 'instilled with life', from the verb animare, from anima 'life, soul'
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