abet
英 [ə'bet]
美[ə'bɛt]
- vt. 煽动,教唆;支持
- n. (Abet)人名;(意)阿贝特;(匈)奥拜特
词态变化
第三人称单数: abets;过去式: abetted;过去分词: abetted;现在分词: abetting;
助记提示
参看中文词源,很好记忆。
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)。
英英释意
- 1. assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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.
实用场景例句
- He was abetted in the deception by his wife.
- 他行骗是受了妻子的怂恿。
牛津词典
- His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
- 他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
- 媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- He can't help you anything, just abet you doing something that is lawless.
- 他帮不了你什么, 只会怂恿你干些非法的事情.
期刊摘选
- The vigorous tour activities promote consumption, flourish economy, enrich people's life, and abet luxury as well.
- 同时,旅游活动的勃兴促进了消费, 繁荣了经济, 丰富了人民生活, 但也助长了奢侈之风.
期刊摘选
- Absence of abet from colleagues in your work.
- 工作上缺乏同事的支持.
期刊摘选
- Allegedly, backside abet is enigmatic general Beijing president.
- 据说, 背后主使乃是高深莫测的普京总统.
期刊摘选
- It's illegal to aid and abet a thief.
- 伙同小偷作案是有罪的.
期刊摘选
- 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!
期刊摘选
- The Criminal Procedure Law and Criminal Law aid and abet the Law on Guarding State Secrets.
- 中国《刑事诉讼法》和《刑法》对《保守国家秘密法》予以了支持和配合.
期刊摘选
- 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。
柯林斯例句