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单词 instigation
释义
instigation
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˌɪn.stɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.stəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
theactionofcausinganeventorsituationtohappenby making a set ofactionsor aformalprocessbegin:
发起；鼓动；唆使
Theinquirywasbegunat theinstigationofalocalMP.调查是在一位当地议员的鼓动下开始的。
They werearrestedonsuspicionof the instigation ofactsofterrorism.他们因涉嫌发动恐怖主义活动而被捕。
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  • We arecarryingon with thesearchat the President'sdirectinstigation.
  • Theunknowncauseofdeathledto the instigation of apoliceinvestigation.
  • She only took upphotographyat the instigation of hermother.
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(Definition ofinstigationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

instigation| American Dictionary

instigation
noun[U]
us
/ˌɪn·stɪˈɡeɪ·ʃən/
theactofcausinganeventorsituationtohappenbyyouractions:
Theinquirywasbegunat the instigation of SenatorHyde(= heaskedfor it).
(Definition ofinstigationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstigation

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But such restrictions must be applied neutrally-for instance, against such instigations regardless of the moral value of the motivating cause.
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The behaviorist scheme has a certain utility for ordering the data on emotioninstigation, as well as for ordering neurobehavioral findings and guiding research.
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He serves his master and having got the woman in his house, finds her deserting him and claiming divorce at theinstigationof a seducer.
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There is evidence that upon independence in 1975, anti-witchcraft trials were held again in some parts of the south-east at theinstigationof civilians.
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So too he might have questioned the responsiveness of the public to hisinstigationof a pro-claimant lobby.
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Emotions allow goal-oriented, that is, flexible behaviorinstigationby relevant events, instead of mere rigid fixed action patterns.
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Emotions may not just equal the instigations for solving adaptational dilemmas.
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If that mediation is crucial to the completion of the work, itsinstigationis also a political activity in its own right.
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At hisinstigation, an interdepartmental committee was established to examine the questions at hand.
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This lack of resolution on the effects of relocation makesinstigationof any national policy on transfer of frail older individuals difficult and potentially problematic.
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A number of significant causal conditions were identified which contributed to theinstigationof role transference.
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The association was founded independently of any statistinstigation, solely by ordinary secularist women who have thoroughly internalized statist norms and secularism.
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They had been drafted, however, at theinstigationof a committee that had come into existence to promote diversity in hiring.
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Theinstigationof the sounding artwork by the hosting body and the community itself ensures its relevance and longevity.
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I suspect that it happened through hisinstigation, because you know the unfortunate influence he has gained over poets, painters, sculptors and, above all, musicians.
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