動詞 excite:

1. arouse or elicit a feeling
2. act as a stimulant
   同義詞：stimulate
3. raise to a higher energy level
   同義詞：energize, energise
4. stir feelings in
   同義詞：stimulate, stir
5. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   同義詞：agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up
6. stimulate sexually
   同義詞：arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
7. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   同義詞：stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
8. produce a magnetic field in

1. Some people are sexually excited by pornographic magazines.
   有的人看到色情雜志能激發(fā)起性欲。
2. Your remark excited him to jealousy.
   你的話引起了他的嫉妒。
3. The good news excited everybody.
   這個(gè)好消息使每一個(gè)人都很興奮。

ex.cite

v.tr.（及物動詞）
ex.cit.ed,ex.cit.ing,ex.cites
To stir to activity.
使興奮
To call forth (a reaction or emotion, for example); elicit:
激起：使喚起（例如，反應(yīng)或感情）；導(dǎo)致：
例句：
odd noises that excited our curiosity.
古怪的噪音激起了我們的好奇心

To arouse strong feeling in:
使動感情：
例句：
speakers who know how to excite a crowd.See Synonyms at provoke
知道怎樣打動人群的演講者參見 provoke

Physiology To produce increased activity or response in (an organ, a tissue, or a part); stimulate.
【生理學(xué)】 刺激：刺激或提高（器官、組織或身體一部分）的活力；刺激
Physics
【物理學(xué)】
To increase the energy of.
使增加能量
To raise (an atom, for example) to a higher energy level.
激發(fā)：將（原子核）提高到更高的一個(gè)能級

來源：
Middle English exciten
中古英語 exciten
from Latin excit3re [frequentative of] exciôre
源自 拉丁語 excit3re [] exciôre的重復(fù)動詞
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表.出自….]
ciôre [to set in motion] * see kei- 2
ciôre [使開始工作] *參見 kei- 2