incendiary
UK/in'sendjәri/US
GREC2
释义
adj.
Designed to cause fire; (figuratively) likely to stir up conflict or strong feeling.
燃烧性的;(比喻)煽动性的,易激起冲突或强烈情绪的。
n.
A bomb or device designed to start a fire; a person who stirs up trouble.
燃烧弹;煽动者,纵火者。
词根拆分
词根派生来自 cend 变体,经 incendere「点燃」(in- + candēre)。字面「引火的」:incendiary bomb 燃烧弹专为点火而造。比喻地,incendiary 的言论会「点燃」人群——煽动冲突。
词根 cand 还连着 12 个词为什么是这个意思
incendiary 属于词根的「火」支(incendere「使燃烧」)。字面的军事义——专为引火而造的装置——在先;比喻义随之自然产生,因为煽动性言辞会在人心中「点火」。两义共享一个画面:被制造或说出来、让事物燃烧的东西。
常用搭配
- 1.incendiary device燃烧装置
- 2.incendiary bomb燃烧弹
- 3.incendiary remarks煽动性言论
- 4.incendiary rhetoric煽动性言辞
例句
- 1.
The factory was destroyed by an incendiary device during the war.
战争期间,工厂被一枚燃烧装置摧毁。
- 2.
His incendiary speech provoked riots across the city.
他煽动性的演讲在全城引发了骚乱。
- 3.
The article was deliberately incendiary to drive up clicks.
这篇文章刻意写得煽动,以拉高点击量。