inflame

to make a conflict, problem, or bad feeling worse

1. 1.

   To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.

   使(某人或某物)着火；使燃烧、发火或发光；点燃。

2. 2.

   To cause (something) to appear bright or red, as if on fire; to brighten, to redden.

   使(某物)像着火一样变亮或变红；使变亮；使变红。

3. 3.

   To cause (the body or a body part) to feel abnormally or unusually hot; specifically (medicine), to cause inflammation, including abnormal heat, pain, redness, swelling, etc., in (the body or a body part).

   使(身体或身体部位)异常发热；(医学)使发炎,出现异常热、痛、红、肿等症状。

4. 4.

   To cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great passion; specifically, to cause (someone) to feel anger or rage; to anger, to enrage, to incense.

   使(某人或其心、思想)产生强烈欲望或情感；使激动；特指使愤怒,激怒。

5. 5.

   To excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion), especially to an excessive or unnatural level.

   激起或加剧(食欲、激情等情感),尤指使其过度或反常。

6. 6.

   To cause (something intangible, such as a dispute or violence, or hunger or thirst) to become more serious or worse; to aggravate, to exacerbate.

   使(争端、暴力、饥渴等无形事物)加剧或恶化；使恶化,加重。

7. 7.

   To burst into flames, to catch fire.

   突然起火；着火。

8. 8.

   Of a person's body or body part: to feel abnormally or unusually hot; specifically (medicine), to be affected by inflammation.

   (身体或身体部位)异常发热；(医学)发炎。

9. 9.

   To feel strong desire or other feelings; to be passionate; specifically, to feel anger or rage.

   感到强烈欲望或其他情感；充满激情；特指感到愤怒或狂怒。

激怒；使激动；发怒；使发炎；发炎；使（情感）更加强烈；过度激起；点燃；着火；使发亮；使发红

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