instigate
英['ɪnstɪgeɪt]
美['ɪnstə'get]
- vt. 唆使；煽动；教唆；怂恿
词态变化
第三人称单数: instigates;过去式: instigated;过去分词: instigated;现在分词: instigating;
助记提示
1. stick => stig- "prick, pierce".
2. stick => instigate.
中文词源
instigate 唆使，煽动
in-,进入，使，-stig,刺，棍，词源同stick,instinct.引申词义唆使，煽动。
英文词源
- instigate
- instigate: see stick
- instigate (v.)
- 1540s, back-formation from instigation or else from Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare "to urge on, incite" (see instigation). Related: Instigated; instigates; instigating.
双语例句
- 1. It would not prove worthwhile to instigate a nuclear attack.
- 挑起核攻击最终是不值得的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. His object was to instigate a little rebellion on the part of the bishop.
- 他的目的是,在主教方面煽起一场小小的造反.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Possibly is receives the media to instigate only then such the extreme.
- 可能是受到媒体的挑拨才这么极端.
来自互联网
- 4. The congress set up a special department to instigate the thing!
- 国会建立了一个专门委员会来调查这件事情.
来自互联网
- 5. A few days later, scar and lure simba into a valley, then instigate hyenas JiaoMa pursuits.
- 几天以后, 刀疤又引诱辛巴到了一个山谷, 然后指使土狼们追击角马.
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