单词详解 | incite

incite
音标
英音/ ɪnˈsaɪt / 美音/ ɪnˈsaɪt /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Never before has a president of the United States suggested he would incite an enemy to attack American allies.
此前从未有一位美国总统表示他会煽动敌人攻击美国盟友。
New York Times

They also noted that Mr Trump has not been criminally charged with inciting insurrection.
他们还指出,特朗普尚未因煽动叛乱而受到刑事指控。
BBC

“There was some risk that any intervention by the panel could create more harm than good,” she said, adding there were fears that it would incite confusion and alarm the public.
她说:“专家组的任何干预都存在弊大于利的风险。”她补充说,有人担心这会引起混乱并引起公众恐慌。
BBC

基本释意
verb
provoke or stir up
鼓动,煽动(暴力或非法行为)

同义词
instigate,set off,stir up,egg on,prod,actuate,incentivize,motivate,move,prompt,propel

短释义
Incite comes from a Latin verb meaning “to move into action” and if you incite someone to do something, that is exactly how to describe it. Usually it is used in a negative context. Radical and intolerant teachings can incite hatred in those who listen. And if a government restricts its people too much, it can incite unrest and rebellion in the population.
煽动是导致行动或发生。暴力言论可能煽动暴力行为,而暴力行为又可能激起公众对暴力的强烈抗议。

长释义
Incite comes from a Latin verb meaning “to move into action” and if you incite someone to do something, that is exactly how to describe it. Usually it is used in a negative context. Radical and intolerant teachings can incite hatred in those who listen. And if a government restricts its people too much, it can incite unrest and rebellion in the population.
Incite 来自拉丁语动词,意思是“采取行动”,如果你煽动某人做某事,这正是描述它的方式。通常它用在否定语境中。激进和不宽容的教义可能会激起听众的仇恨。如果政府对其人民限制过多,就会煽动民众的骚乱和叛乱。

文学例句
Perhaps he was afraid he would be held responsible for her escape, afraid the master would think John had incited her to run away.
也许他害怕他会对她的逃跑负责,害怕主人会认为约翰煽动她逃跑。
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry

The gentry of the neighborhood, hearing of his pronouncement, appeared in the following days to protest, saying that he would incite a rebellion in the neighborhood if others heard of his system.
附近的绅士们听到他的声明后,在接下来的几天里出现抗议,称如果其他人听到他的制度,他就会煽动附近的叛乱。
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

Tame by our standards, and as Coach said, it wasn’t likely to incite a religious war or anything since it contained a moral lesson.
按照我们的标准,这是驯服的,正如教练所说,它不太可能煽动宗教战争或任何其他事情,因为它包含了道德教训。
Winger by Andrew Smith

词源
incite (v.)mid-15c., from Old French inciter, enciter “stir up, excite, instigate” (14c.), from Latin incitare “to put into rapid motion,” figuratively “rouse, urge, encourage, stimulate,” from in- “into, in, on, upon” (from PIE root *en “in”) + citare “move, excite” (see cite). Related: Incited; inciting.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
incite (v.)mid-15c.,源自古法语 inciter,enciter “煽动、激发、煽动”(14c.),源自拉丁语 incitare“快速行动”,比喻“唤醒、敦促、鼓励、刺激、 ” from in-“into、in、on、on”(来自 PIE 词根 *en“in”)+ citare“移动、激发”(参见引用)。相关:煽动;煽动。相关条目及更多


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