instigate sth
宾语常为暴力、骚乱、罢工等负面事件,表示发起或挑起。
The government was accused of instigating the violence.
政府被指控煽动了暴力。
引发;促成;激起
instigating — present participle of instigate
煽动;唆使;怂恿;通过敦促或鼓励促成。;唆使或怂恿(某人)行动,尤指做坏事。;教唆;怂恿
To cause or bring about an event or situation by urging or encouraging.
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.
一般现在时
He instigates trouble.
他煽动麻烦。
一般过去时
She instigated the protest.
她煽动了抗议。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示:句中“instigating”是现在分词形式,表示“煽动”的动作。
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。
用法提示:句中“instigated”是过去式,表示“挑唆”的行为。
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。
用法提示:句中“instigated”是过去式,表示“激起”某种行为。
宾语常为暴力、骚乱、罢工等负面事件,表示发起或挑起。
The government was accused of instigating the violence.
政府被指控煽动了暴力。
多指怂恿、唆使某人去做坏事或过激的事。
He was accused of instigating the workers to strike.
他被指控唆使工人罢工。
常用被动语态,强调事件背后的煽动者或唆使者。
The riot was instigated by outside agitators.
这场骚乱是由外部煽动者挑起的。
语气强烈,多指激起冲突、暴力等负面行动;比 encourage 更正式、更贬义。
语义最重,几乎只用于政治或社会动乱,比 instigate 更书面且范围更窄。
更强调引发某种反应或愤怒,不一定蓄意教唆;替换时需保留‘有意促发’的含义。
强调用持续的施压或刺激逼人行动,语气比 instigate 更具体、更有画面感。
语气中性,不含‘做坏事’的暗示;需要表达负面唆使时不宜直接替换。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company instigated to cut costs.
正确表达The company instigated a plan to cut costs.
instigate 是及物动词,后面必须直接接名词或名词短语作宾语,不能像 want、hope 那样接 to do 不定式。改成 instigated a plan to cut costs 后,宾语 a plan 补足了及物动词的宾语位置,to cut costs 只作 plan 的后置修饰,既保留了原意又符合及物动词的搭配规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子He instigated his friends breaking the rules.
正确表达He instigated his friends to break the rules.
表示“唆使某人做某事”时,instigate 的搭配是 instigate sb to do sth,用to 不定式作宾语补足语,而不用动名词。汉语学习者常按“让某人做某事”的动宾感觉写成 doing,但英语此处必须用 to 不定式,所以要把 breaking 改为 to break。
grammar · medium
易错句子The instigate of the riot was arrested.
正确表达The instigator of the riot was arrested.
instigate 只是动词,不能充当主语或宾语;表示“煽动者、唆使者”这个名词应用 instigator。原句在 the ... of 的名词位置上用了动词原形,属于词性混淆,改为同源名词 instigator 后才符合语法。
与“唆使/煽动”义相对,强调通过威慑或顾虑使某人不去行动。
针对“怂恿、鼓动”义,指劝某人不要做(尤指坏事)。
与“鼓励促成”义相对,指让人失去做某事的意愿或信心。
与“煽动、挑起”义相对,指遏制或终止已存在的行动或情绪。
两者都可指鼓动他人做某事,且常含贬义。incite 侧重激起人群的强烈情绪或暴力冲动,常与 violence、hatred、a crowd 搭配;instigate 侧重在幕后策划并挑起某个具体行动或事件。说“煽动暴乱”时两者都成立,但 incite 更强调情绪煽动,instigate 更强调发起事件。
provoke 指故意惹恼某人以引发反应,如愤怒、争论,宾语多是人或情绪;instigate 的宾语多是行动或事件,如罢工、调查、叛乱,指在幕后促成其发生。provoke 直接接“人”表示激怒;instigate 接“人”时意为“唆使某人做坏事”,须带不定式。
拼写和读音相近,但意义无关:investigate 意为“调查、查明真相”,宾语常为案件、事故、投诉;instigate 意为“煽动、发起”,多指坏事。切勿因词形相似而混用。
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。
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in-(强化/向)+ stig(刺;驱策)+ -ate(动词后缀)
in- + stig + -ation(名词后缀)
in- + stig + -ator(表人后缀)
stig-(刺;记号)+ -ma(名词后缀)
stimul-(与 stig 同源,刺;刺激)+ -ate(动词后缀)
in-(进入)+ ject(投;掷)
act-(行动)+ -ive(形容词后缀)+ -ate(动词后缀)
instigate经常与rebellion搭配,指煽动或挑起叛乱。
instigate常用来描述挑起暴乱的行为。
指被煽动起来的社会不安状态。
instigate可表示鼓动或组织罢工。
煽动冲突是instigate的常见用法之一。
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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