Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
例句
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.物質(zhì)世界的方方面面,包括有生命的和無生命的
VERB
使有生氣;使活潑;激勵(lì);鼓舞
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
例句
There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd...板球比賽能激起觀眾熱情的地方很少。The girls watched, little teasing smiles animating their faces.女孩們注視著,臉上掛著調(diào)皮的微笑,顯得愈加活潑。