Word · Frequency #23354
incitement
煽动；刺激；怂恿
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring someone to action
常含贬义，指煽动他人做不好的事；法律语境中可指煽动犯罪。
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A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
行动号召；常指非法行为的怂恿。
行动号召；常指非法行为的怂恿。；煽动；刺激
In use
The speaker's angry words were an incitement to violence.
Her sincere praise was an incitement to keep practicing the piano.
The free tickets were an incitement to attend the concert.
incitement to sth
to 后接名词，常为暴力、仇恨等抽象名词，表示煽动的对象或目标。
The court found him guilty of incitement to violence.
法庭裁定他犯有煽动暴力罪。
incitement to do sth
to 后接动词原形，表示煽动的具体行为；这种表达常见于法律语境。
He was charged with incitement to commit a crime.
他被指控煽动犯罪。
Common mistakes
His incite to violence was widely criticized.His incitement to violence was widely criticized.
incite 是动词，不能作主语；此处需要名词形式 incitement。
The leader's speech incitemented the crowd to attack.The leader's speech incited the crowd to attack.
incitement 是名词，不能加 -ed 作动词；应使用动词 incite 的过去式 incited。
He was arrested for incitement violence.He was arrested for incitement to violence.
incitement 表示“煽动”时固定搭配介词 to，后接被煽动的行为；不能说 incitement violence。
Connections
Collocations
- incitement to violence
- 煽动暴力
- He was arrested for incitement to violence.他因煽动暴力而被捕。
- incitement to hatred
- 煽动仇恨
- The speech was seen as incitement to hatred.这次演讲被视为煽动仇恨。
- incitement to terrorism
- 煽动恐怖主义
- They face charges of incitement to terrorism.他们面临煽动恐怖主义的指控。
- incitement to riot
- 煽动暴乱
- The leader was convicted of incitement to riot.该头目被判煽动暴乱罪。
- act of incitement
- 煽动行为
- The court ruled that the pamphlet was an act of incitement.法院裁定这本小册子是一种煽动行为。
- charges of incitement
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 in + cite（引用/说）：把语言‘引进去’，煽动情绪、刺激行动。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律语境、政治演说、正式写作 这是一个正式用词，通常用于法律、政治等严肃语境，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 incitement（/ɪnˈsaɪtmənt/）完全押韵的是 excitement（/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/）。cite、site、sight 都读 /saɪt/，但 incitement 后面多了 /mənt/，所以不是完整押韵；incite 是词干，读 /ɪnˈsaɪt/；insight 读 /ˈɪnsaɪt/，重音在前，拼写相近但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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