1.形容詞exciting和excited都表示激動、興奮的意思。

excited表示“興奮的”，指人、物對......感到興奮；

exciting表示“令人興奮的；使人激動的”，指人、事、物本身讓人興奮、激動。一般情況下作表語時，通常人做主語，用v-ed；物做主語，用v-ing.同樣的道理，其他類似的詞：

surprising/surprised；

interesting/interested；

amusing / amused;

boring/bored;

astonishing/astonished;

tiring/tired;

terrifying/terrified；

worrying/worried;

satisfying/satisfied等也是這樣區分的。它們作表語比較好區分。

例句：

The children were excited about opening their presents.

孩子們對打開禮物感到興奮不已。

I'm really excited at the prospect of working abroad.

我對有希望到國外工作着實很激動。

Don't get too excited by the sight of your name in print.

不要一看到你的名字出現在出版物中就過分激動。

He was very excited to be asked to play for Wales.

入選威爾士隊使他非常興奮。

I'm very excited about the possibility of playing for England's first team

想到可能為英格蘭首屈一指的球隊效力，我非常興奮。

The new restaurant is nothing to get excited about.

這家新餐館沒什麼值得特别激動的地方。

An excited crowd of people gathered around her.

一群激動的人聚集在她周圍。

Excited voices were shouting that the road was blocked by soldiers.

有人氣憤地喊道馬路被士兵封鎖了。（提喻的修飾手法）

This is one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years.

這是近年來生物學上令人振奮的發展之一。

If the interview goes well it could be the passport to an exciting new career.

面試順利的話，将獲得令人興奮的新工作。《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》

This piece of equipment is an exciting new development.

這台設備是一項振奮人心的最新研究成果。

We need an exciting trip to add some spice to our lives.

我們需要一次新奇的旅行來調劑一下生活。

It promises to be an exciting few days.

那可望是興奮刺激的幾天。

The need to produce the most exciting newspaper story obsesses most journalists.

大多數記者夢寐以求的就是要寫出最撼動人心的新聞報道來。

其他的類似對應的形容詞作定語也是具有上述規則。

He told us an exciting story yesterday.他昨天給我們講了一個使人激動的故事。

It's nothing to get excited about.這沒什麼可值得激動的。

I've got an exciting piece of work.我得到了一份令人興奮的工作。

She got a very exciting job.她有一份很帶刺激性的工作。

2.exciting的基本意思是“使人興奮〔激動〕的”,具有主動意義,一般隻修飾無生命的事物。在句中可用作定語或表語。難點就是它們作表語時的選擇。

I like the exciting rhythm of African drum music.我喜歡非洲鼓樂的令人興奮的節奏。

So exciting was the game that I forgot all about the coming finals.

比賽是如此令人興奮，以緻我把即将來臨的期末考忘得一幹二淨。

That was the most exciting film of the year.那是一年中最令人興奮的一部影片。

excited作定語時，本來是指“心情激動的”，an excited talk 心情激動的談話

excited本來是描述人的感受的，在這裡把它轉移到了談話上了；

an excited look/expression心情激動的表情

an excited man心情激動的人

an excited voice心情激動的語調（發音）

像這些-ed修飾的短語是描述其邏輯主語本身的某種感受的；如果你硬要說：an exciting voice令人心情激動的語調，含義是這語調讓（令）别人心情激動的。其他短語也可以類似分析。如：

She took a deep breath to calm herself, but her voice still sounded excited.

她深吸了一口氣，讓自己平靜下來，但她的聲音聽起來仍然很激動。

The excited expression on his face suggested that the news was good.

他臉上心情激動（興奮）的表情暗示這是一個好消息。

They came in with flushed excited looks on their faces.

他們走了進來，臉上帶着害羞而又激動的神色。

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