Instigate

(v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

录入:内丽

• If I appear, then thou diest, even although thy charms should instigate some hot-headed youth to enter the lists in thy defence. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Besides, I was instigated by delicacy towards the unhappy writer of these few lines. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Yet why the sight of him should have instigated that sudden rush of blood she could not tell. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In practice, however, the latter method is effectual only when instigated by fear of unpleasant results. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He was close enough to see this, and the sight instigated his tongue. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She knew that Raymond had conversed with her; had he instigated this request? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• After a slight repose, during which the spirits of the dead hovered round, and instigated me to toil and revenge, I prepared for my journey. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• By whom can he have been instigated? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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