"gin up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 煽動
• 製造 (刻意)

Definition

指人為地製造、激起或增加某件事的興趣或熱情，通常有些誇大或不自然的成分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要是美式英語的非正式用語，常用於“gin up support/interest/fear”等，指以人為方式激起某種情緒，有貶義色彩。

Examples

The politicians tried to gin up support before the election.

政客們在選舉前努力**煽動**支持。

The company wants to gin up excitement about their new product.

公司希望**製造**對新產品的興奮感。

They used social media to gin up interest in the event.

他們用社交媒體**煽動**人們對活動的興趣。

The marketing team is trying to gin up some buzz before the product launch.

市場團隊想在產品發佈前**炒作**一波熱度。

Some journalists tried to gin up fear about the new policy.

有些記者試圖對新政策**製造**恐懼感。

He likes to gin up drama in the office just to make things interesting.

他喜歡在辦公室**製造**點戲劇性，只是為了讓事情有趣。