(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
adjective
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。
语源
late Middle English : from Latin animat- 'instilled with life', from the verb animare, from anima 'life, soul'