• 基础释义
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  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义

instigate

[ˈɪnstɪgeɪt] [ˈɪnstɪˌɡet]
  • 第三人称单数:instigates;
  • 过去式:instigated;
  • 过去分词:instigated;
  • 现在分词:instigating;
  • 相关单词 instigatedinstigates
    例句
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • VERB
      发起;促成;鼓动;唆使
      Someone who instigates an event causes it to happen.
      例句
      Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery... 詹金森促成了老美术馆的重新整修。 The violence over the last forty-eight hours was instigated by ex-members of the secret police. 过去 48 小时的暴力事件是在前秘密警察的煽动下爆发的。
    英汉词典释义
    • vt.
      煽动;唆使;鼓动
      It would not prove worthwhile to instigate a nuclear attack. 挑起核攻击最终是不值得的。
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. provoke or stir up;
      "incite a riot""set off great unrest among the people"
      2. serve as the inciting cause of;
      "She prompted me to call my relatives"