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词汇 inflame
释义 inflame
verb[ T or I ]
uk /ɪnˈfleɪm/ us /ɪnˈfleɪm/

inflameverb[T or I] (CAUSE STRONG FEELINGS)


to cause or increase very strong feelings such as anger or excitement: 激起(愤怒、激动等情感);使愤怒;使极度激动;给…火上浇油
Reducing the number of staff is certain to inflame the already angry medical profession.裁员一定会使本已不满的医务人员更加愤怒。
inflame passionsPictures of the bombed and burning city inflamed passions further.
The image was used to inflame rather than instruct or reveal truth.
You can understand how he inflames these kinds of passions.
Going in guns blazing just inflames these situations.
It will also serve to act as a check against using comments and phrases that inflame rather than educate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go into orbitidiom
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake

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Inspiring feelings in others

inflameverb[T or I] (MAKE SWOLLEN)


to make a part of the body become red, painful, and swollen; to become red, painful, and swollen:
Asthma is a chronic condition that inflames the inside walls of the airways.
It triggers antibodies which cause the lining of the gut to inflame, causing abdominal pain.
Acid can enter the lungs and inflame them, causing a secondary pneumonia.
Inflaming a knee while putting out the rubbish - that has to be the most ridiculous football injury of all time.
Blister agents attack body tissues, blistering the skin and inflaming the eyes.
Ozone and other chemicals in smog further inflame the airway linings in people with respiratory diseases.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Swellings & lumps
acoustic neuroma
actinomycosis
adenitis
adenoma hyperplastic nodules
anasarca
bloated
dropsy
elephantiasis
encephalomyelitis
enchondroma
equine encephalitis
inflamed
inflammatory
puffy
thyroid nodule
torus
tumescence
tumid
tumour
turgidity

inflame | American Dictionary


inflame
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈfleɪm/
to excite someone’s strong feelings or make them stronger:
The defense objected to the graphic pictures, claiming they were meant merely to inflame the jury.

Examples of inflame


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The constant renewal of controversy over such legislation inflames feeling.
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I come to the third risk, that of inflaming the opinion, both of those prosecuted and of their friends.
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Surely, by building it up into a great crisis we are only inflaming world opinion.
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One of the dilemmas we have to solve is how we discharge that responsibility without inflaming the situation in the docks.
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Will he therefore reconsider giving his endorsement to proposals which may be very dangerous in inflaming opinion in these territories?
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The unfortunate thing about it is that it inflames the extreme sections of both camps.
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We must avoid inflaming those demonstrations so that internecine war breaks out.
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Does she also agree that at this difficult time everyone should do their best to avoid inflaming tensions?
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All of us must avoid inflaming the debate by raising issues which could be interpreted as threatening in many national capitals.
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Are we not inflaming the patriotism and steeling the determination of those who are already favourable to our cause by such a statement?
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I shall myself try to avoid argument or, at least, inflaming argument, and stick to bare realities.
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We didn't want to be accused of inflaming the situation.
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They know that the use of troops, or even too many uniformed police, presents easy targets, inflames the situation and is asking for trouble.
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Who can dare to imagine the enraged terror that inflames a languageless autistic child?
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What we shall now do depends upon the extent to which your agitators succeed in inflaming public sentiment in both nations.
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