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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。
煽动；刺激；怂恿
incitements — plural of incitement
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煽动；刺激；怂恿
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring someone to action
The court found him guilty of incitement to violence.
法庭裁定他犯有煽动暴力罪。
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。
行动号召；常指非法行为的怂恿。
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
The speaker's angry words were an incitement to violence.
演讲者愤怒的言辞是对暴力的煽动。
Her sincere praise was an incitement to keep practicing the piano.
她真诚的表扬是对我继续练钢琴的激励。
The free tickets were an incitement to attend the concert.
免费门票是参加音乐会的诱因。
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。
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。
Not this
His incite to violence was widely criticized.
Use this
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。
Not this
The leader's speech incitemented the crowd to attack.
Use this
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。
Not this
He was arrested for incitement violence.
Use this
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。
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煽动暴力
He was arrested for incitement to violence.
他因煽动暴力而被捕。
煽动仇恨
The speech was seen as incitement to hatred.
这次演讲被视为煽动仇恨。
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。
煽动暴乱
The leader was convicted of incitement to riot.
该头目被判煽动暴乱罪。
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。
煽动指控
He denied all charges of incitement.
他否认所有煽动指控。
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联想 in + cite（引用/说）：把语言‘引进去’，煽动情绪、刺激行动。
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。
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。
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