Instigate
['ɪnstɪgeɪt] or ['ɪnstə'get]
解释:
(v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
录入:内丽
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Incite, impel, move, urge, provoke, stimulate, rouse, actuate, persuade, influence, encourage, prompt, set on, prevail upon, stir up, spur on.
厄玛编辑
同义词及反义词:
[See URGE]
校对:桑福德
解释:
v.t. to urge on: to set on: to foment.—ns. Instigā′tion the act of inciting: impulse esp. to evil; In′stigator an inciter generally in a bad sense.
编辑:蒂姆
例句:
- If I appear, then thou diest, even although thy charms should instigate some hot-headed youth to enter the lists in thy defence. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Besides, I was instigated by delicacy towards the unhappy writer of these few lines. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Yet why the sight of him should have instigated that sudden rush of blood she could not tell. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- In practice, however, the latter method is effectual only when instigated by fear of unpleasant results. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- He was close enough to see this, and the sight instigated his tongue. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- She knew that Raymond had conversed with her; had he instigated this request? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- After a slight repose, during which the spirits of the dead hovered round, and instigated me to toil and revenge, I prepared for my journey. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- By whom can he have been instigated? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
戈登编辑