Excited
“Excited” 描述人因期待、好消息或刺激而感到情绪高涨；注意与 “exciting”（令人兴奋的）区分——“I am excited” 主语是人，“The game is exciting” 主语是事物。
- “The kids were excited about the school trip.” (孩子们对校外教学很兴奋。)
- “She sounded excited on the phone when she got the offer.” (她拿到录用时在电话里听起来很激动。)
- “Try not to get too excited until we see the final numbers.” (在看到最终数字之前先别太兴奋。)
来自拉丁语 “excitare”（唤醒、激起），经古法语进入英语；过去分词形容词化，表示“被激起情绪的”。
前缀 “ex-” 表“向外、加强”，词根 “-cite” 与 “citare”（召唤、激起）相关，后缀 “-ed” 构成形容词。
在英语口语里，“excited” 常用于正面期待；过度使用可能显得幼稚，正式场合可换 “pleased”、“delighted” 等更克制的词。
- 固定搭配: “excited about” (对……感到兴奋), “excited to” (很期待去做……)
- 相关: exciting, excitement
词里有 “cite” 像被“点名上台”——心跳加快，自然就是 “excited”。
“When the concert lights went down, the crowd grew quiet, then everyone grew excited as the first chord hit.” (演唱会灯光暗下时人群静下来；第一个和弦响起时大家又兴奋起来。)