词组 | incite |
释义 | INCITE add fuel to the fire and add fuel to the flame to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse; to make an angry person get even more angry.To spank a crying child just adds fuel to the fire.Bill was shouting angrily, and Bob tried to get him to stop by laughing at him. Of course, that was just adding fuel to the flame. ask for something to do something that will cause trouble.Don't talk to me that way! You're really asking for it.Anyone who acts like that is just asking for a good talking to. ask for trouble and look for trouble to seem to be trying to get into trouble; to do something that would cause trouble; to do or say something that will cause trouble.Stop talking to me that way, John. You're just asking for trouble.The guard asked me to leave unless I was looking for trouble.Anybody who threatens a police officer is just asking for trouble.You're looking for trouble if you ask the boss for a raise. look at someone cross-eyed to do something slightly provocative. (Informal.)Bob is very excitable. He'd lose his temper if anyone so much as looked at him cross-eyed.Don't even look cross-eyed at the boss this morning unless you want trouble. make the fur fly and make the feathers fly to cause a fight or an argument; to create an uproar (about something). (Informal.)When your mother gets home and sees what you've done, she'll really make the fur fly.When those two get together, they'll make the feathers fly. They hate each other. raise havoc with someone or something and play havoc with someone or something to create confusion or disruption for or among someone or something.Your announcement raised havoc with the students.I didn't mean to play havoc with them. raise hob with someone or something and play hob with someone or something to do something devilish to someone or something; to cause trouble for someone or something. (A hob is a hobgoblin, a wicked little elf.)Your sudden arrival is going to play hob with my dinner plans.Sorry, I didn't mean to raise hob with you. raise the devil (with sb or sth) and raise hell (with sb/sth); raise cain (with sb or sth); raise the dickens (with sb/sth) to act in some extreme manner; to make trouble; to behave wildly; to be very angry. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)John was out all night raising the devil.Don't come around here and raise hell with everybody.That cheap gas I bought really raised the dickens with my car's engine. rock the boat to cause trouble where none is welcome; to disturb a situation that is otherwise stable and satisfactory. (Often negative.)Look, Tom, everything is going fine here. Don't rock the boat!You can depend on Tom to mess things up by rocking the boat. stir someone up to make someone angry or excited; to make someone get active.I need a cup of hot coffee to stir me up in the morning.Reading the newspaper always stirs up my father. INCITE - ANGER burn someone up to make someone very angry. (Informal.)People like that just burn me up!It burns me up to hear you talk that way.His answers really burned up the committee members. get someone's dander up and get someone's back up; get sb's hackles up; get sb's Irish up to make someone get angry.Now, don't get your dander up. Calm down.I insulted him and really got his hackles up.Bob had his Irish up all day yesterday. I don't know what was wrong.She really got her back up when I asked her for money.Now, now, don't get your hackles up. I didn't mean any harm. make someone's blood boil to make someone very angry. (Informal.)It just makes my blood boil to think of the amount of food that gets wasted around here.Whenever I think of that dishonest mess, it makes my blood boil. set someone off to get someone very excited and angry.Whenever I see someone mistreating an animal, it really sets me off.The tax bill set off Bob. He raved for an hour! tee someone off to make someone angry. (Slang.)That kind of talk really tees me off!Don't let him tee you off He doesn't mean any harm. touch someone off to make someone very angry.Your rude comments touched Mary off. She's very angry at you.I didn't mean to touch off anyone. I was only being honest. incite (someone) (to something)To provoke or otherwise prompt someone to do something Trying to disperse this crowd by force might very well incite them to riot. incite someoneto something to excite or provoke someone to something. The radicals tried to incite the students to violence. The students were incited to violent behavior by the lecturer. |
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