abetting

abetting — 動詞

1. to give active help or encouragement to someone who is doing something dishonest

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

教唆；共犯

幫助或鼓勵他人做違法或不道德的事

to give active help or encouragement to someone who is doing something dishonest, forbidden, or illegal, knowing that what they are doing is wrong

例句

The night guard was arrested for aiding and abetting the thieves who broke into the warehouse.

那名夜間警衛因協助並教唆闖入倉庫的竊賊而被逮捕。

aiding and abetting — fixed legal phrase

Priyanka refused to abet her cousin's scheme to cheat on the university entrance exam.

Priyanka 拒絕幫助表妹策劃在大學入學考試中作弊。

abet + possessive noun + scheme to + verb

同義詞
  • aid

    neutral or positive; 'abet' is always negative — you can aid a friend's business but you abet a crime

  • encourage

    broader meaning; can be positive or negative, while 'abet' is restricted to dishonest or illegal acts

  • instigate

    stronger focus on starting the wrongdoing rather than supporting it once underway

  • assist

    fully neutral; does not carry the criminal connotation of 'abet'

反義詞
  • hinder

    to actively obstruct someone's wrongful plan instead of supporting it

  • prevent

    to stop wrongdoing from happening, the opposite of enabling it

文法句型

abet + person + in + gerund / noun

用法筆記

Frequently appears in legal contexts, especially within the fixed phrase 'aid and abet' or 'aiding and abetting.' The helper must know the action is wrong — accidental assistance is not considered abetting. The object is always a person engaged in wrongdoing, not the wrongdoing itself.

常見錯誤

❌He abetted her to steal the documents.
✅He abetted her in stealing the documents.
💡The correct pattern is 'abet someone in [doing something],' not 'abet someone to do something.'
❌The volunteer abetted the charity event by bringing food.
✅The volunteer assisted the charity event by bringing food.
💡'Abet' always implies wrongdoing; for neutral help, use 'assist' or 'help.'