1640s, agent noun from agitate (v.); originally "elected representative of the common soldiers in Cromwell's army," who brought grievances (chiefly over lack of pay) to their officers and Parliament.
Political sense is first recorded 1734, and negative overtones began with its association with Irish patriots such as Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847). Historically, in American English, often with outside and referring to people who stir up a supposedly contented class or race. Latin agitator meant "a driver, a charioteer."
双语例句
1. Mona had watched him grow into an arrogant political agitator.
莫娜瞧着他成长为一个高傲的政治鼓动家.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Hitler's just a self - educated street agitator.
希特勒无非是个 自学 出身的街头煽动家罢了.
来自辞典例句
3. The separator whirred the agitator jarred and crashed.
分离器呼呼地转,抖擞器震得哗啦啦的响.
来自辞典例句
4. The drive wheel of the world's strongest military machine was grasped by an Austrian street agitator.
世界上一支最强大的军队的指挥权,落到一个奥地利街头鼓动者的掌握之中.
来自辞典例句
5. For satisfactory fluidization under these conditions an agitator is used in the bed.
