1.arouse的本意是“唤醒”,指把某人从睡眠状态中唤醒,用于比喻则指唤起他人的注意或者兴趣、怀疑、愤怒、同情、批评、讨论等。
2.arouse是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以动词不定式为补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He's asleep, don't arouse him.他睡着了,不要打扰他。
The noise aroused the sleeping guard.响声把睡着了的警卫惊醒了。
He ran to the flaming house and aroused the old man in it.他跑到着火的房子里,把睡觉的老人唤醒了。
It proved impossible to arouse the man from his drugged sleep, so he was taken to hospital.实在无法把那人从服药后的沉睡中唤醒,所以把他送到医院。
It took her some time to arouse her husband from his sleep.她费了好一会儿工夫才把丈夫从睡梦中唤醒。
She aroused the children from their nap.她把午睡的孩子们唤醒。
In the house there was nothing to arouse suspicion.在这所房子中没有什么引起怀疑的。
Her behaviour aroused the suspicions of the police.她的举止引起了警察的怀疑。
A walk before dinner will arouse your appetite.晚饭前的散步会引起你的食欲。
His suffering aroused our sympathy.他的痛苦引起我们的同情。
This announcement will arouse a feeling of anger among freedom-loving people.这一宣告将会激起爱好自由人们的愤怒。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was aroused from his thoughts by the sound.这声音把他从沉思中唤醒过来。
I was aroused from a sound sleep by sharp knocks on the door.门外急促的敲门声把我从睡梦中唤醒。
He was suddenly aroused by a slight noise.他突然被一声小的响声所惊醒。
My curiosity was fully aroused.我的好奇心被充分激发了起来。
Public attention should be aroused to this affair.应唤起公众对这件事的注意。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+to-v
We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation.我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。
The speaker aroused the audience to anger.讲演者激起了听众的愤怒。

arouse, rouse
这两个词的共同意思是“唤醒”“唤起”,其区别是:arouse较多用于抽象的含义,而rouse较多用于具体的含义。

arouse, incite, induce, prompt
参见induce条。