galvanise
pronunciation
How to pronounce galvanise in British English:
UK ['gælvənaɪz]
How to pronounce galvanise in American English:
US ['gælvəˌnaɪz]
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- Verb:
- to stimulate to action
- cover with zinc
- stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
Word Origin
- galvanise (v.)
- chiefly British English spelling of galvanize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Galvanised; galvanising.
Example
- 1. Politicians normally require a full-blown financial crisis to galvanise them into action .
- 2. They have also helped galvanise rapidly growing interest in tennis , especially among well-off urbanites .
- 3. Zhu feng , an academic at peking university , calls the establishment of chinese bases overseas a " suicidal idea " that will only galvanise opposition to china 's rise .
- 4. President barack obama likens the rise of china and other emerging markets to the soviet union 's launch of the sputnik missile an event so shocking that it should galvanise the nation .