1. ADJ Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not. 有生命的

Natural philosophy involved the study of all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate. 自然哲學(xué)涉及到了對(duì)包括有生命躰與無(wú)生命躰的物質(zhì)世界的全麪研究。

2. V-T To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful. 使有生氣

There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd. 這場(chǎng)板球比賽極少有讓觀衆(zhòng)興奮的地方。