ag.i.tateARGUE 5AdV7I7teIt v [I] to argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change 煽动，鼓吹 The unions are agitating for higher pay. 工会正在鼓动加薪。 As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war. 作为一个年轻人，他鼓动反对越南战争。