abet的意思

abet

英式音标[ə'bɛt]
美式英标[ə'bet]

基本解释

vt. 煽动，教唆；支持

n. (Abet)人名；(意)阿贝特；(匈)奥拜特

中文词源

来自古法语，来自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bet-（咬，词源同 bite）→ 其字面意思就是“唆使狗去咬...”，故引申为“唆使、教唆、煽动”，这种把戏曾经流行于英国的一种残忍的“纵狗斗熊”游戏。同源词：bait（诱饵、引诱），bite（咬）。

英文词源

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.

实用例句

1. We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them.: 我们要毫不退缩地严厉打击恐怖分子及其帮凶。

2. Do not abet your friend to pry into other people's privacy.: 不要唆使朋友去窥探别人隐私.

3. Be do grateful to those who rebuke you, because they abet your wisdom!: 一定要感激那些斥责你的人, 因为他们助长了你的智慧!

4. Absence of abet from colleagues in your work.: 工作上缺乏同事的支持.

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