inflame

inflame
verb
[with obj.]

provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone
挑起，煽动，激化（强烈感情，尤指怒气）
high fines further inflamed public feelings.
高额罚金进一步激怒了大众。
■provoke (someone) to strong feelings
激起…的强烈感情
her sister was inflamed with jealousy.
她姐姐因忌妒而发怒了。
■make (a situation) worse
使（情势）恶化
(一般作 be inflamed)cause inflammation in (a part of the body)(inflamed)
使（身体某部位）发炎
the finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis.
手指关节患了风湿性关节炎。
(poetic/literary)light up with or as if with flames
(诗／文)点燃
the torches inflame the night to the eastward.
火炬点燃了东方的夜晚。

派生
inflamer
noun
语源

Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- 'into' + flamma 'flame'

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