Instigate
['ɪnstɪgeɪt] or ['ɪnstə'get]
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:内丽
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Incite, impel, move, urge, provoke, stimulate, rouse, actuate, persuade, influence, encourage, prompt, set on, prevail upon, stir up, spur on.
厄玛編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See URGE]
校對:桑福德
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:蒂姆
例句/造句/用法:
- If I appear, then thou diest, even although thy charms should instigate some hot-headed youth to enter the lists in thy defence. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Besides, I was instigated by delicacy towards the unhappy writer of these few lines. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yet why the sight of him should have instigated that sudden rush of blood she could not tell. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In practice, however, the latter method is effectual only when instigated by fear of unpleasant results. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He was close enough to see this, and the sight instigated his tongue. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She knew that Raymond had conversed with her; had he instigated this request? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- 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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- By whom can he have been instigated? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
戈登編輯