1.形容词exciting和excited都表示激动、兴奋的意思 。excited表示“兴奋的”，指人、物对......感到兴奋；exciting表示“令人兴奋的；使人激动的”，指人、事、物本身让人兴奋
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1.形容词exciting和excited都表示激动、兴奋的意思 。
excited表示“兴奋的”，指人、物对......感到兴奋；
exciting表示“令人兴奋的；使人激动的”，指人、事、物本身让人兴奋、激动 。一般情况下作表语时，通常人做主语，用v-ed；物做主语 ， 用v-ing.同样的道理，其他类似的词：
surprising/surprised；
interesting/interested；
amusing / amused;
boring/bored;
astonishing/astonished;
tiring/tired;
terrifying/terrified；
worrying/worried;
satisfying/satisfied等也是这样区分的 。它们作表语比较好区分 。
例句：
【从此秒杀excited和exciting们的区别和用法】The children were excited about opening their presents.
孩子们对打开礼物感到兴奋不已 。
I\'m really excited at the prospect of working abroad.
我对有希望到国外工作着实很激动 。
Don\'t get too excited by the sight of your name in print.
不要一看到你的名字出现在出版物中就过分激动 。
He was very excited to be asked to play for Wales.
入选威尔士队使他非常兴奋 。
I\'m very excited about the possibility of playing for England\'s first team
想到可能为英格兰首屈一指的球队效力，我非常兴奋 。
The new restaurant is nothing to get excited about.
这家新餐馆没什么值得特别激动的地方 。
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An excited crowd of people gathered around her.
一群激动的人聚集在她周围 。
Excited voices were shouting that the road was blocked by soldiers.
有人气愤地喊道马路被士兵封锁了 。（提喻的修饰手法）
This is one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years.
这是近年来生物学上令人振奋的发展之一 。
If the interview goes well it could be the passport to an exciting new career.
面试顺利的话，将获得令人兴奋的新工作 。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
This piece of equipment is an exciting new development.
这台设备是一项振奋人心的最新研究成果 。
We need an exciting trip to add some spice to our lives.
我们需要一次新奇的旅行来调剂一下生活 。
It promises to be an exciting few days.
那可望是兴奋刺激的几天 。
The need to produce the most exciting newspaper story obsesses most journalists.
大多数采访人员梦寐以求的就是要写出最撼动人心的新闻报道来 。
其他的类似对应的形容词作定语也是具有上述规则 。
He told us an exciting story yesterday.他昨天给我们讲了一个使人激动的故事 。
It\'s nothing to get excited about.这没什么可值得激动的 。
I\'ve got an exciting piece of work.我得到了一份令人兴奋的工作 。
She got a very exciting job.她有一份很带刺激性的工作 。
2.exciting的基本意思是“使人兴奋〔激动〕的”,具有主动意义,一般只修饰无生命的事物 。在句中可用作定语或表语 。难点就是它们作表语时的选择 。
I like the exciting rhythm of African drum music.我喜欢非洲鼓乐的令人兴奋的节奏 。
So exciting was the game that I forgot all about the coming finals.
比赛是如此令人兴奋，以致我把即将来临的期末考忘得一干二净 。
That was the most exciting film of the year.那是一年中最令人兴奋的一部影片 。
excited作定语时，本来是指“心情激动的”，an excited talk 心情激动的谈话
excited本来是描述人的感受的，在这里把它转移到了谈话上了；
an excited look/expression心情激动的表情
an excited man心情激动的人
an excited voice心情激动的语调（发音）
像这些-ed修饰的短语是描述其逻辑主语本身的某种感受的；如果你硬要说：an exciting voice令人心情激动的语调，含义是这语调让（令）别人心情激动的 。其他短语也可以类似分析 。如：
She took a deep breath to calm herself, but her voice still sounded excited.
她深吸了一口气 ， 让自己平静下来，但她的声音听起来仍然很激动 。
The excited expression on his face suggested that the news was good.
他脸上心情激动（兴奋）的表情暗示这是一个好消息 。
They came in with flushed excited looks on their faces.
他们走了进来，脸上带着害羞而又激动的神色 。
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