incendiary
incendiary — 形容詞
- incendiarypositive
- more incendiarycomparative
- most incendiarysuperlative
1. made or used to start fires on purpose, especially as a weapon or in an act of a
縱火的
用來蓄意引發火災的
made or used to start fires on purpose, especially as a weapon or in an act of arson.
Salma reported that an incendiary device had been left outside the police station.
Salma 通報警察局外被放置了一個縱火裝置。
collocation: incendiary device / bomb / weapon
Wartime planes dropped incendiary bombs on the city to set wooden houses on fire.
戰時的飛機在城市投下縱火彈，燒毀木造的房屋。
attributive use before a concrete noun (bomb)
Investigators traced the warehouse blaze to an incendiary mixture of petrol and oil rags.
調查人員追查倉庫大火，發現是汽油與油布混成的縱火混合物。
The army uses an incendiary round that bursts into flames on impact with metal.
軍方使用一種縱火彈藥，撞到金屬就會起火。
- flammable
describes anything that catches fire easily; not limited to weapons
- combustible
more technical; about a material's ability to burn
- fire-resistant
designed not to burn
文法句型
incendiary + noun (device, bomb, attack, weapon)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun) with weapons or fire-starting materials: device, bomb, weapon, round, grenade, mixture. Not used after 'be' to describe a person.
常見錯誤
2. likely to make people very angry or push them toward violence, used about words,
煽動性的
易激起憤怒或暴力的言論
likely to make people very angry or push them toward violence, used about words, speeches, or writing on sensitive topics.
Hamza pulled the article from the website after readers called its headline incendiary.
讀者批評那篇文章標題具煽動性後，Hamza 把它從網站上撤下。
predicative use: be / call X incendiary
The senator gave an incendiary speech that quickly spread through social media overnight.
那位參議員發表了一場煽動性的演說，一夜之間在社群媒體上迅速擴散。
collocation: incendiary speech / remarks / rhetoric
Critics warned that the minister's incendiary remarks about migrants could lead to street violence.
評論者警告，部長對移民的煽動性言論可能引發街頭暴力。
Naoko deleted her incendiary tweet after her boss complained about its tone the next morning.
在主管隔天早上抱怨語氣後，Naoko 刪掉了她那則煽動性的推文。
- inflammatory
very close in meaning; slightly more common in news writing
- provocative
wider scope; meant to provoke any reaction, not only anger
- soothing
calming rather than stirring up
- conciliatory
aimed at calming a dispute
文法句型
incendiary + speech / language / remark / article
用法筆記
Topic is almost always something politically or socially sensitive (race, religion, migration, war). Distinguish from sense 1: only sense 2 describes speech, writing, or behaviour; sense 1 describes weapons and arson materials.
常見錯誤
incendiary — 名詞
1. a bomb or other weapon that is built to start a fire when it lands or explodes,
燃燒彈
專為引燃火災製造的炸彈
a bomb or other weapon that is built to start a fire when it lands or explodes, often used against fuel stores or wooden buildings.
During the raid, planes dropped hundreds of incendiaries on the harbour fuel tanks.
空襲期間，飛機在港口油槽上投下了數百顆燃燒彈。
typical verb: drop incendiaries
A small incendiary thrown through the window set the wooden shop alight within seconds.
一顆小型燃燒彈從窗戶丟進去，幾秒內就點燃了木造商店。
singular use: 'a small incendiary'
Soldiers loaded the truck with incendiaries before driving toward the enemy supply base.
士兵把燃燒彈裝上卡車，再開往敵方的補給基地。
The museum displays a wartime incendiary that failed to explode over the docks.
博物館展示一顆戰時燃燒彈，當年沒在碼頭上空爆炸。
- firebomb
informal everyday word for the same thing
文法句型
an incendiary
drop / throw / use incendiaries
用法筆記
Often appears in plural with military verbs: drop, load, fire, use incendiaries. The fuller phrase 'incendiary bomb / device' is more common in everyday writing than the bare noun.
常見錯誤
2. a person who deliberately sets fire to buildings or other property, usually to c
縱火犯
故意放火燒毀建物者
a person who deliberately sets fire to buildings or other property, usually to commit a crime.
Police believe a single incendiary was behind the four warehouse fires last summer.
警方相信，去年夏天那四起倉庫火災是同一名縱火犯所為。
singular use referring to a criminal
The judge gave the convicted incendiary a long sentence for burning down two family homes.
法官判定罪的縱火犯重刑，因為他燒毀了兩戶家庭的房子。
noun phrase: convicted incendiary
Older crime novels often describe the incendiary slipping away into the night with a match.
舊式犯罪小說常描寫縱火犯帶著一根火柴趁夜溜走。
Mira read in an old report that the incendiary had been caught near a burning shed.
Mira 在一份舊報告裡讀到，那名縱火犯是在一座燃燒的小屋附近被抓的。
文法句型
an incendiary (person)
用法筆記
Old-fashioned and rare in everyday English; 'arsonist' is the normal modern word. You will mostly see this sense in legal records, older crime writing, or formal news reports.
常見錯誤
3. a person who stirs up arguments, anger, or rebellion among others, usually by ma
煽動者
以言論激起人群憤怒者
a person who stirs up arguments, anger, or rebellion among others, usually by making strong public statements.
The old emperor saw the young preacher as a dangerous incendiary among the farmers.
年老的皇帝把那名年輕傳教士視為農民之間的危險煽動者。
modifier: dangerous / political incendiary
Historians describe Padma's grandfather as a quiet teacher, never a political incendiary.
歷史學家形容 Padma 的祖父是位安靜的老師，從不是政治煽動者。
negation pattern: not a political incendiary
Officials called the union leader an incendiary after his speech outside the steel factory gates.
在這位工會領袖於鋼鐵廠門外發表演說後，官員稱他為煽動者。
In old newspapers, any writer who criticised the king was branded a dangerous incendiary.
在舊報紙裡，凡是批評國王的作家都被冠上危險煽動者之名。
- agitator
the normal modern word for someone stirring up a crowd
- firebrand
vivid; suggests a passionate public speaker
- rabble-rouser
negative; suggests cheap tricks to excite a crowd
- peacemaker
tries to calm disputes rather than start them
文法句型
a political / dangerous incendiary
用法筆記
Very rare; mostly historical or literary. Distinguish from sense 2: sense 2 sets fire to buildings; sense 3 sets fire to opinions and crowds. Modern writers normally use 'agitator', 'firebrand', or 'rabble-rouser' instead.