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　

TOEFL GRE TEM8 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

In present globalization, how do we create architecture that can engage in cultural differences and instigate ecstatic cultural encounters?
在全球化的今天，如何塑造能在深层次上超越文化差异并激发文化碰撞的建筑？
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。
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。
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。
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。
At the best of times, "reform" is a sloppy word used to mean "good change", a convenient sanctuary for politicians unwilling to concede that not every new law they instigate is beneficial.
在最有利的情况下，“改革”是个用于表示“良好变革”的一个糟糕用词，对于不愿意承认自己推动的新法律并非全部有益的政治家而言，它是个方便的托辞。
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。
Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery
詹金森促成了老美术馆的重新整修。
If you tell them that you don't know where you're going, or that you're just wandering about randomly, you might instigate a bit of distress in the heart of your new Balinese friend.
你若告诉他们不知道自己要去哪里，或只是漫无目的到处走，你的巴厘新朋友将感到窘迫。
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；