galvanize

英 [ˈɡælvənaɪz]

美 [ˈɡælvənaɪz]

v.  使震惊; 使振奋; 激励; 刺激; 电镀; 给(金属)镀锌

过去式：galvanized　过去分词：galvanized　现在分词：galvanizing　第三人称单数：galvanizes　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使震惊；使振奋；激励；刺激
  to make sb take action by shocking them or by making them excited
  1. The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action .
     他急迫的声音激励他们行动起来。
• 电镀；给（金属）镀锌
  to cover metal with zinc in order to protect it from rust
  1. a galvanized bucket
     镀锌桶
  2. galvanized steel
     镀锌钢

柯林斯词典

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 galvanise


• VERB 刺激；激励
  Togalvanizesomeone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.
  1. The aid appeal has galvanised the German business community...
     这份救助呼吁已经促使德国的工商业界行动了起来。
  2. They have been galvanised into collective action — militarily, politically and economically.
     他们在形势驱使下已经在政治、经济和军事上采取了联合行动。

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

• The one-day summit, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is expected to galvanize GetWord(" galvanize"); global action on climate change.
  为期一天的联合国气候峰会联合国秘书长潘基文召集举行，有望刺激全球采取应对气候变化的行动。
• Quick: Don't need to weld and galvanize, the setting time is 3 times quicker than the flange connect fitting.
  快速不需焊接和再镀锌，安装速度比法兰连接管件快3倍以上。
• This was the first of many the Committee actions addressing the issues of ethnic profiling and equal treatment under the law that helped galvanize Asian Americans and alter public opinion.
  这是首次有许多委员会的行动解决问题的民族概况和平等对待，根据法例，有助激励亚裔美国人和改变民意。
• To help galvanize public support especially around a complex issue the right picture really can be worth a thousand words.
  要激励公开的支持尤其是一个复杂的问题正确的图片胜过千言万语。
• Galvanize is one of the most important anti-corrosion technology in steel field. Galvanizing steel is widely used in the field of the automotive, appliances, construction, aviation and other fields, because of its good protection against corrosion.
  电镀锌是钢铁领域重要的防腐技术之一，电镀锌钢板因其具有良好的防腐蚀能力而被广泛的用于汽车、家电、建筑和航空等领域。
• Video images of the attacks showing young children gasping for breath and rooms filled with bodies served to galvanize calls for a swift and decisive international response.
  有关袭击的视频显示，幼童呼吸困难，很多房间里摆满了尸体。在这些图像的刺激下，人们进一步呼吁国际社会迅速、果断做出回应。
• To galvanize or plate ( metal) by immersion. Electroplate, electrophoresis, spraying paint, gushing out and moulding the indispensable equipment in the trade.
  电镀通过浸泡镀涂金属是电镀、电泳、喷漆、喷塑行业中不可缺少的设备。
• And because of the guaranteed Russian obstructionism of any action through the UN Security Council, the UN cannot galvanize the world to act as it should.
  由于俄罗斯必定会通过联合国安理会阻碍任何行动，联合国无法调动全世界采取应有的行动。
• Only when reform and opening up is unswervingly upheld can we effectively galvanize the enthusiasm and creativity of our people of hundreds of millions, emancipate and develop productive force, and retain forever the vitality and dynamism of socialism.
  只有坚持改革开放，才能不断激发亿万人民的积极性和创造性，解放和发展生产力，永葆社会主义的生机与活力。
• It can define you, or it can galvanize you.
  如果你是一位管理者，无论级别高低，一次失误可以对你产生两种作用：它既可以界定你，也可以激发你。