mid-15c., intransitive probably from Anglo-French or Old French reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, but like many hawking terms it is of obscure origin. Figurative meaning "to stir up, provoke to activity" is from 1580s; that of "awaken" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Roused; rousing.
例文
1. She seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything.
彼女は何もする気が起きないようだ。
2.He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else.
彼は他の誰よりも積極的にそこの大衆を鼓動している。
3.The uproar was enough to rouse both the quick and the dead.