中文词源
inflame 燃烧，激怒
in-,进入，使，flame,燃烧。引申词义使激怒。
英语词源
- inflame (v.)
- mid-14c., "make (someone) ardent; set (the spirit, etc.) on fire" with a passion or religious virtue, a figurative sense, from Old French enflamer, from Latin inflammare "to set on fire, kindle," figuratively "to rouse, excite," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + flammare "to flame," from flamma "a flame" (see flame (n.)). Literal sense of "to cause to burn" first recorded in English late 14c. Meaning "to heat, make hot, cause inflammation" is from 1520s. Related: Enflamed; enflaming. Also enflame, but since 16c. the spelling with in- has predominated. Related: Inflamed; Inflaming.
权威例句
- 1. Her question seemed to inflame him all the more.
- 她的问题似乎更加激怒了他.
- 2. The testimony would inflame the jurors, and lead them astray from the facts of the case.
- 证言会激怒陪审员，使他们背离案件事实。
- 3. Our lack of response seemed to inflame the colonel.
- 由于我们没有反应,好象惹恼了那个上校.
- 4. Insults only served to inflame the feud.
- 侮辱只是起了加剧长期不和的作用.
- 5. I wish to dazzle - to bewilder - to inflame her senses.
- 我要让她感到眼花缭乱,手足无措.
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