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引起 meaning in English

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引起 verb

engender [engendered, engendering, engenders](to bring into existence, cause)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈdʒen.də(r)] [US: en.ˈdʒen.dər]

引起 /yǐnqǐ/ verb

give rise to(to be the origin of; to produce)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv raɪz tuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈɡɪv ˈraɪz ˈtuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

引起一个意想不到的障碍 /yǐnqǐ yīgè yìxiǎngbùdào de zhàng'ài/ verb

throw a spanner in the worksverb

引起奇心 /yǐnqǐ qíxīn/ verb

intrigue [intrigued, intriguing, intrigues](to arouse interest)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈtriːɡ] [US: ˌɪn.ˈtriːɡ]

引起好奇心的 adjective

intriguing(causing a desire to know more)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈtriː.ɡɪŋ] [US: ˌɪn.ˈtriː.ɡɪŋ]

引起性欲的 /yǐnqǐ xìngyù de/ adjective

erotic(tending to arouse sexual desire)
adjective
[UK: ɪ.ˈrɒ.tɪk] [US: ɪ.ˈrɑː.tɪk]

引起注意 /yǐnqǐ zhùyì/ verb

attract attentionverb
[UK: ə.ˈtrækt ə.ˈten.ʃn̩] [US: ə.ˈtrækt ə.ˈten.ʃn̩]

draw attention(to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something)
verb

引起轟動 verb

cause a stir(cause controversy)
verb

sensationalize [sensationalized, sensationalizing, sensationalizes]verb
[UK: sen.ˌse.ʃə.nə.ˈlaɪz] [US: sen.ˌse.ʃə.nə.ˈlaɪz]

引起轟動的事件 noun

cause célèbre(issue or incident arousing heated public debate)
noun

引起轰动 /yǐnqǐ hōngdòng/ verb

cause a stir(cause controversy)
verb

sensationalize [sensationalized, sensationalizing, sensationalizes]verb
[UK: sen.ˌse.ʃə.nə.ˈlaɪz] [US: sen.ˌse.ʃə.nə.ˈlaɪz]

引起轰动 /yǐnqǐhōngdòng/ verb

set the Thames on fire(to achieve something amazing)
verb

引起轰动的事件 /yǐnqǐ hōngdòng de shìjiàn/ noun

cause célèbre(issue or incident arousing heated public debate)
noun

心理作用引起的 /xīnlǐ zuòyòng yǐnqǐ de/ adjective

psychosomatic(of physical effects with mental causes)
adjective
[UK: ˌsaɪk.əʊ.sə.ˈmæ.tɪk] [US: ˌsaɪko.ʊ.sə.ˈmæ.tɪk]