abet
英 [ə'bet]
美 [ə'bɛt]
- vt. 煽動，教唆；支持
- n. (Abet)人名；(意)阿貝特；(匈)奧拜特
中文詞源
來自古法語，來自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bet-（咬，詞源同 bite）→ 其字麵意思就是“唆使狗去咬...”，故引申為“唆使、教唆、煽動”，這種把戲曾經流行於英國的一種殘忍的“縱狗鬥熊”遊戲。同源詞：bait（誘餌、引誘），bite（咬）。
英文詞源
- abet
- abet: see bait
- abet (v.)
- late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter "to bait, to harass with dogs," literally "to cause to bite," from a- "to" (see ad-) + beter "to bait," from Frankish or some other Germanic source, perhaps Low Franconian betan "incite," or Old Norse beita "cause to bite," from Proto-Germanic *baitjan, from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Related: Abetted; abetting.
雙語例句
- 1. We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them.
- 我們要毫不退縮地嚴厲打擊恐怖分子及其幫凶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Do not abet your friend to pry into other people's privacy.
- 不要唆使朋友去窺探別人隱私.
來自互聯網
- 3. Be do grateful to those who rebuke you, because they abet your wisdom!
- 一定要感激那些斥責你的人, 因為他們助長了你的智慧!
來自互聯網
- 4. Absence of abet from colleagues in your work.
- 工作上缺乏同事的支持.
來自互聯網