发动

• 拼音: fā dòng
• 汉字拆解: 发 = simplified from 發, meaning to emit; 动 = simplified from 動, meaning to move

含义

To start; to launch; to mobilize. Used for starting an engine, launching a campaign, or mobilizing people.

Has both concrete and abstract uses. Concretely: 发动汽车 (start a car). Abstractly: 发动战争 (launch a war), 发动群众 (mobilize the masses). Implies initiating something that requires energy or collective action.

例句

1. 天气太冷了，车子很难发动。
2. 老师发动全班同学一起打扫教室。
3. 他按了一下按钮，机器就发动了。

用法指南

语境: driving, organizing, work

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请发动汽车，我们该出发了。(Please start the car, we should get going.)
• 校长发动了全校的捐款活动。(The principal launched a school-wide donation drive.)

错误说法

• 我发动了电视 (For turning on electronics, use 打开 rather than 发动 — 发动 is for engines and campaigns, not appliances)

起源与历史

Compound of 发 (to send out, emit) and 动 (to move), meaning to set something into motion.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal