stir up
phrasal verbstir somebody up
to encourage somebody to do something; to make somebody feel they must do something 激励;鼓动
stir something up
to make people feel strong emotions 激起(感情) to stir up hatred 激起仇恨 Going back there stirred up a lot of memories for her. 回到那里唤起了她很多回忆。
to try to cause arguments or problems 挑起,煽动(争执或事端) to stir up a debate 挑起争论 Whenever he's around, he always manages to stir up trouble. 只要有他在,他就总要挑起点事来。 We've got enough problems without you trying to stir things up. 我们麻烦事儿已经够多的了,你就别再挑拨是非了。
to make something move around in water or air (水或空气中)搅起;吹起