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instigate

英 ['?nst?ge?t] 美['?nst?'get]
  • vt. 唆使;煽動;教唆;慫恿

GRE低頻詞TEM8擴展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數:?instigates;過去式:?instigated;過去分詞:?instigated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?instigating;

助記提示


1. stick => stig- "prick, pierce".
2. stick => instigate.

中文詞源


instigate 唆使,煽動

in-,進入,使,-stig,刺,棍,詞源同stick,instinct.引申詞義唆使,煽動。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. It would not prove worthwhile to instigate a nuclear attack.
挑起核攻擊最終是不值得的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. His object was to instigate a little rebellion on the part of the bishop.
他的目的是,在主教方面煽起一場小小的造反.

來自辭典例句

3. Possibly is receives the media to instigate only then such the extreme.
可能是受到媒體的挑撥才這么極端.

來自互聯(lián)網

4. The congress set up a special department to instigate the thing!
國會建立了一個專門委員會來調查這件事情.

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5. A few days later, scar and lure simba into a valley, then instigate hyenas JiaoMa pursuits.
幾天以后, 刀疤又引誘辛巴到了一個山谷, 然后指使土狼們追擊角馬.

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