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instigate something
He was accused of instigating the riot.
他被指控煽动暴乱。
引发；促成；激起
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引发；促成；激起
To cause or bring about an event or situation by urging or encouraging.
He was accused of instigating the riot.
他被指控煽动暴乱。
宾语多为事情或行动。
通过敦促或鼓励促成。
To bring about by urging or encouraging.
唆使或怂恿(某人)行动,尤指做坏事。
To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions.
instigate
Base
原形
instigates
3rd person
第三人称单数
instigating
-ing
现在分词
instigated
Past
过去式
instigated
Past participle
过去分词
He instigates trouble.
他煽动麻烦。
She instigated the protest.
她煽动了抗议。
They have instigated a rebellion.
他们煽动了一场叛乱。
常规动词，按规则变化。
The politician was accused of instigating the riot through his inflammatory speech.
这位政治家被指控通过其煽动性演讲煽动骚乱。
He instigated a fight between the two groups by spreading false rumors.
他通过散布虚假谣言挑起了两个群体之间的斗殴。
The company's unfair policy instigated widespread employee protests.
公司的不公平政策引发了广泛的员工抗议。
He was accused of instigating the riot.
他被指控煽动暴乱。
She instigated her friend to join the protest.
她怂恿朋友参加抗议。
instigate sb into doing sth 与 instigate sb to do sth 意义相近，但前者更强调行为的过程。
The leader instigated the crowd into attacking the building.
领袖煽动人群攻击大楼。
Not this
He instigated to violence.
Use this
He instigated violence.
学习者可能错误地认为'instigate'后需要加'to'，但实际上它是及物动词，直接接名词宾语。修正去掉了多余的介词。
Not this
The police will instigate the crime.
Use this
The police will investigate the crime.
'instigate'意为'煽动、发起'，而'investigate'意为'调查'。由于拼写和发音相似，学习者容易混淆。此处应使用表示'调查'的动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
煽动暴乱
He was arrested for instigating a riot.
他因煽动暴乱而被捕。
煽动暴力
The speech was seen as instigating violence.
这次演讲被视为煽动暴力。
煽动叛乱
They attempted to instigate a rebellion against the government.
他们企图煽动叛乱反对政府。
挑起争端
She accused him of trying to instigate a dispute between the teams.
她指责他试图在团队之间挑起争端。
发起调查
The scandal instigated an official inquiry.
这起丑闻引发了一项官方调查。
发起政治迫害；发起无端指控
The speech was seen as an attempt to instigate a witch hunt against the reform committee.
这篇讲话被视为企图对改革委员会发起一场政治迫害。
发起抹黑运动
The candidate accused his opponents of trying to instigate a smear campaign against his family.
该候选人指责对手试图对他的家人发起抹黑运动。
引发（媒体等的）疯狂炒作或追捧
Her resignation instigated a feeding frenzy among the press.
她的辞职在新闻界引发了疯狂炒作。
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把 instigate 拆成 in + stig + ate：像在人群里（in）用尖刺（stig）去戳（ate），煽动他人闹事。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律、政治、新闻 该词比较正式，多用于法律、政治或新闻报道等严肃场合，日常口语中较少使用。
及物动词，常接宾语或用于instigate sb to do结构
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