animate

1. ADJ Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not. 有生命的

Natural philosophy involved the study of all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate. 自然哲学涉及到了对包括有生命体与无生命体的物质世界的全面研究。

2. V-T To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful. 使有生气

There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd. 这场板球比赛极少有让观众兴奋的地方。