instigate

英 [ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt]

美 [ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt]

v.  使(正式)开始; 使发生; 煽动; 唆使; 鼓动

过去分词：instigated　过去式：instigated　现在分词：instigating　复数：instigates　第三人称单数：instigates　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11605 / COCA.15639

牛津词典

verb

• 使（正式）开始；使发生
  to make sth start or happen, usually sth official
  1. The government has instigated a programme of economic reform.
     政府已实施了经济改革方案。
• 煽动；唆使；鼓动
  to cause sth bad to happen
  1. They were accused of instigating racial violence.
     他们被控煽动种族暴力。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发起;促成;鼓动;唆使
  Someone whoinstigatesan event causes it to happen.
  1. Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery...
     詹金森促成了老美术馆的重新整修。
  2. The violence over the last forty-eight hours was instigated by ex-members of the secret police.
     过去 48 小时的暴力事件是在前秘密警察的煽动下爆发的。

英英释义

verb

• serve as the inciting cause of
  1. She prompted me to call my relatives
  Synonym:promptinspire
• provoke or stir up
  1. incite a riot
  2. set off great unrest among the people
  Synonym:inciteset offstir up

双语例句

• Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery
  詹金森促成了老美术馆的重新整修。
• The structure is deliberately articulated in modulation to instigate activity in every form that his two-dimensional canvas can provide.
  金东囿在画布上无所不用其极，刻意调控各种绘画手法，在平面的结构里三番四次挑起活动。
• Instigate legal proceedings on behalf of any member of the Association or anybody in the motion picture industry against any infringement of copyright or other rights.
  代表协会会员或业内其他人士对侵犯版权或其他权利者进行法律诉讼。
• The flow of control for the framework is quite simple: Instigate a synchronous REST-based service call using Ajax from the mashup to a server-side Ajax-savvy Java servlet.
  框架的控制流程十分简单：从mashup到服务器端Ajax-savvyJavaservlet使用Ajax来实现基于同步REST的服务调用。
• It would not prove worthwhile to instigate an attack.
  鼓动进攻将会证明是不值得的。
• When those responsible coerce or induce others or instigate persons under the age of eighteen to violate the administration of public security;
  （二）胁迫、诱骗他人或者教唆不满十八岁的人违反治安管理的；
• Some even warned me they would instigate a boycott of my books if I came.
  有些人甚至警告我，如果我来，他们就会策划抵制我的书。
• He wouldn't throw the rock if that boy did not instigate him.
  要不是那些男孩子怂恿他，他不会扔那块石头。
• It was all very fine to utter one's opinion about politics, but if it was meant to instigate a rebellion, that was quite another pair of boots.
  一个人发表政见是可以的，但是如果再煽动叛乱，那就是另一回事了。
• It violates company's regulation to conflict or instigate other staff publicly;
  公开抵触或煽动其他员工违反公司规定；