inflame
inflame 英 [ɪnˈfleɪm] 美 [ɪnˈflem]
vt. 激怒；使燃烧；使发炎 vi. 燃烧；发炎；激动
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- To inflame is to make feelings stronger, or stir them up. Reminding your grandfather about the time his car was stolen may just inflame his anger.
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- vt. 激怒；使燃烧；使发炎
- vi. 燃烧；发炎；激动
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1. Mr Kan could still intervene to avoid a trial that might inflame public opinion in China.
菅直人还可以干预，从而避免一场可能激怒中国民意的审判。
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2. But the repression was just harsh enough to inflame protesters, not terrifying enough to scare them into staying home.
可是这种程度的镇压适得其反，非但没把示威者吓到躲在家里，反而激怒了他们。
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3. Like mathematics, it can either inflame passion or turn people off; but either way, you know you need to understand it.
如同数学一样，既可以点燃人们的激情，也可以消沉人们的意志；但是无论如何，你都必须理解它。
- 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 "catch fire; set on fire" (Modern French enflammer), from Latin inflammare "to set on fire, kindle," figuratively "to rouse, excite," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + flammare "to flame," from flamma "a flame" (see flame (n.)).
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