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
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参看中文词源，很好记忆。
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）。
- 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.
- 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。
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 4. Absence of abet from colleagues in your work.
- 工作上缺乏同事的支持.
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- 5. 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.
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