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

• 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 would not prove worthwhile to instigate an attack.
  鼓动进攻将会证明是不值得的。
• Their function is to pass judgment on the merit of the protest and instigate required actions from the RC and OC to take remedial action to rectify any refereeing procedure found to contravene the rules.
  他们的功能是裁决抗议的是非曲直以及依裁判委员会（rc）和组织委员会（oc）的要求下执行补救的行动以纠正任何违反规则的仲裁。
• The Chinese football officer will instigate the Australia team join the Europe football scopes.
  中国足球官员将冇澳大利亚队加入欧洲足球的范畴。
• Lastly, financial aid reflects the idea of two-way communication and self-help, emphasizing on the long-run of finance usage, and instigate impoverished families to regenerate financial assets.
  五是经济援助体现了双向、自助的理念，更注重资金使用的长效机制，促进贫困学生家庭产生资金再生能力。
• 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 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。
• However, there has always been one tried and true way to instigate change: raise awareness.
  然而，终归还是有个值得一试的正确办法：提升认知。
• 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。
• Technology can enable this change but cannot, by itself, instigate and sustain it.
  技术能帮助这样的改变，但是其本身不能引起和维持这样的改变。