Definition of inflame in English:

inflame

verb ɪnˈfleɪmɪnˈfleɪm

[with object]

1Provoke 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Deterrence and punishment are not rational options, and politicians who seek to inflame public feeling in these distressing cases are being forced to recognise this.
- I don't doubt that such experiences can inflame devotion, like any pious dream.
- The fall of New Orleans in April 1862, combined with the Federal threat against Mobile, inflamed public passions.
- Some Japanese politicians periodically inflame Chinese anger by saying accounts of past atrocities are exaggerated.
- He wanted to dampen down divisions rather than inflame anti-European feelings in his party.
- How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation?
- Benevolence inflames the anger of the young men of the cités as much as repression, because their rage is inseparable from their being.
- I cannot see how it will do anything other than inflame hatred and further war and terrorism.
- The casual way in which Monica was dropped to the ground inflamed Michael's anger once more.
- On the particular issue of the islands, feelings are inflamed on both sides.
- The value of citizenship is eroded in the enthusiasm of these outfits to inflame communal passions to win adherents to the extremist cult.
- This suggestion only inflamed public resentment.
- However, their every utterance is designed to inflame fears and tensions and give succour to the fascists.
- Its stature can be gauged by the not insignificant fact that after 33 years, it still inspires revolutionists and inflames the anger of renegades.
- No reasonable settlement is possible in the mood engendered by war because war inflames passions and makes men delirious.
- They have been accused - sometimes rightly - of distorting complex issues and inflaming public passions.
- The last thing a responsible government should do is hysterically inflame these feelings by turning people against each other through the demonisation of innocent citizens.
- They have inflamed the feelings of Chinese victims by seeking to deny their responsibility for outrages such as the Rape of Nanking.
- The split that is inflaming the public mood is the one between insiders and outsiders.
- But you have to ask which article will do more to inflame the scornful anger of the middle classes.
Synonyms
incite, arouse, rouse, provoke, animate, stir up, work up, whip up, kindle, fire, ignite, touch off, foment, actuate, inspire
stimulate, agitate, spur on
aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, worsen, make worse, compound
add fuel to the flames, fan the flames, rub salt in the wound
enrage, incense, anger, infuriate, exasperate, madden, send into a rage, provoke, antagonize, rile, gall
informal make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, drive mad/crazy
rare empurple
red, flushed, high-coloured, burning, flaming, florid
1. 1.1 Provoke (someone) to strong feelings.
  激起…的强烈感情
  her sister was inflamed with jealousy
  她姐姐妒火中烧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She knew that she would present for him if only he asked, and the knowledge humiliated her but further inflamed her, and yet he just kept looking in her eyes.
  So that just inflamed me even further because first of all Pol will never do something like that and secondly it was definitely not anybody I knew.
  I don't know why the police had to do this but it will only inflame local people around here.
  If ‘Steve’ tried and it inflamed her, imagine if one came from you.
  I am rarely inflamed to such an extent as I was this morning reading this news report.
  It will either inform you or inflame you, and either one can be a good thing.
  But what good is that if the struggles over parades are prefigured to continue endlessly, and to twist and inflame ordinary people endlessly.
  I don't find, as I go around Australia, that people are inflamed.
  I knew not what to say fearing to inflame her more.
  You realized that in saying that, that would inflame some people.
  She smiled, but she was an Angels fan and wasn't about to start encouraging an uppity little Yankees fan's affections, which only served to inflame him further.
  He's inflamed her heart, but now he is rolling out of town.
  Names and symbols inflame us, and wars have been fought over flags and soccer matches.
  As it happens, hypocrisy on matters of animals does inflame me also.
  Their bodies were so close now that his heat inflamed her.
  I nodded imperceptibly, anxious not to inflame him further.
  And her beauty - I am easily inflamed, I admit it, and I will never see a more beautiful woman than Sonali, even as she threw plates at my head.
  Noticing her fast stride with his calm footsteps inflamed her.
  The liberties I allowed myself only inflamed me more.
  But he was so inflamed when he spoke of it, like he is about everything in fact.
2. 1.2 Make (a situation) worse.
  使（情势）恶化
  comments that inflame what is already a sensitive situation
  Example sentencesExamples
  Political leaders on all sides had inflamed the situation, creating a momentum that they could no longer control let alone quell.
  They felt that inflaming the situation with a vitriolic confrontation would make them feel more at risk.
  I do not want to inflame the situation by making any further comments until we know exactly why this happened.
  Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game.
  They are not at all helpful and might inflame the situation.
  Of course, it's not reporters' job to intentionally inflame bad situations.
  Some retailers think that if they report light-fingered staff to police instead of simply firing them, they inflame the situation and increase the risk of later legal action.
  A spokesman for the society said the thread running through the guidelines was that solicitors should do ‘anything possible’ to avoid inflaming the situation.
  You don't want to inflame the situation while the crew is there.
  The situation is inflamed by cut-price drinks offers, such as paying £5 to drink as much as you want.
  If staff act in a trained, controlled manner they are less likely to inflame the situation.
  Usually, outside comments just serve to inflame the situation.
  Some of the men outside the mosque said that the raid would inflame the situation’.
  Julia Morley said the contest had been used as a ‘political football’ and blamed a Nigerian journalist for inflaming the situation.
  I think the president doesn't want to further inflame the situation.
  And consistent with the policies that we have upheld in relation to hostages, we don't want to inflame the situation by needless and unnecessary comment.
  Any retaliatory attack would only inflame the current situation,’ he warned.
  The workers were already very angry but he's after inflaming the whole situation now.
  To go in and make arrests would inflame the situation.
  Instead, the minister's comments seem to have inflamed the situation.
2Cause inflammation in (a part of the body)
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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The warnings state that Vitrase should not be used to reduce the swelling of bites, stings, and infected or inflamed areas because of the possibility of spreading a localized infection.
- You should take plenty of rest periods when your joints are inflamed and you are in pain.
- When part of your body is inflamed, it is red, hot and sore.
- Some children also inhale these contents into the lungs, where they can make inflamed airways even more swollen.
- The surrounding gum may also be inflamed, tender and swollen.
- It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis and other local inflammations.
- Rubbing against the joint sometimes causes this sac to become inflamed, swollen and sore.
- Arthritis can cause your joints to become inflamed and painful.
- If many of your joints are inflamed, your doctor may prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone.
- If you have arthritis, inflamed joints can turn these minor inconveniences into painful struggles.
- Just like the blood vessels around the heart can become clogged with cholesterol plaques and inflamed tissue, the blood vessels in the legs and the neck can become partially or totally blocked.
- Advise her to rest affected joints when they are inflamed.
- It is possible that when BAL is performed in an infected or inflamed area in infants, more pyrogenic cytokines are released.
- The doctor diagnosed my knee as having minor cartilage damage, yet the arthroscopic surgery only inflamed the joint.
- This is caused by infected and inflamed diverticula perforating or rupturing.
- Biopsy of the wall of the mucocoele taken at the time of surgery showed chronically inflamed respiratory mucosa.
- This infection inflames the meninges, and it is called meningitis.
- Cutaneous infections irritate and inflame the skin, further reducing its efficiency as a barrier.
- Her uvula was almost atrophic but was slightly inflamed on its tip - certainly not consistent with the symptoms she described.
- During pregnancy, your gums are more likely to become inflamed or infected.
Synonyms
swollen, puffed up
red, reddened, raw, hot, burning, itchy, itching, chafing, smarting, stinging, angry, angry-looking
sore, painful, tender, sensitive
infected, festered, septic
3literary 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The shadow engulfed figure's face illuminated as he inflamed a lighter.
- After the last two weeks he may be less enthusiastic about all those flashes inflaming the night.
- Open your eyes, still heavy and inflamed by late night television and tears
- At the courthouse, endless speeches inflamed the night air.
- Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Origin

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

Definition of inflame in US English:

inflame

verbinˈflāmɪnˈfleɪm

[with object]

1Provoke 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The last thing a responsible government should do is hysterically inflame these feelings by turning people against each other through the demonisation of innocent citizens.
- The value of citizenship is eroded in the enthusiasm of these outfits to inflame communal passions to win adherents to the extremist cult.
- The split that is inflaming the public mood is the one between insiders and outsiders.
- He wanted to dampen down divisions rather than inflame anti-European feelings in his party.
- However, their every utterance is designed to inflame fears and tensions and give succour to the fascists.
- Benevolence inflames the anger of the young men of the cités as much as repression, because their rage is inseparable from their being.
- I cannot see how it will do anything other than inflame hatred and further war and terrorism.
- Deterrence and punishment are not rational options, and politicians who seek to inflame public feeling in these distressing cases are being forced to recognise this.
- On the particular issue of the islands, feelings are inflamed on both sides.
- But you have to ask which article will do more to inflame the scornful anger of the middle classes.
- The fall of New Orleans in April 1862, combined with the Federal threat against Mobile, inflamed public passions.
- Its stature can be gauged by the not insignificant fact that after 33 years, it still inspires revolutionists and inflames the anger of renegades.
- No reasonable settlement is possible in the mood engendered by war because war inflames passions and makes men delirious.
- They have been accused - sometimes rightly - of distorting complex issues and inflaming public passions.
- How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation?
- I don't doubt that such experiences can inflame devotion, like any pious dream.
- Some Japanese politicians periodically inflame Chinese anger by saying accounts of past atrocities are exaggerated.
- They have inflamed the feelings of Chinese victims by seeking to deny their responsibility for outrages such as the Rape of Nanking.
- This suggestion only inflamed public resentment.
- The casual way in which Monica was dropped to the ground inflamed Michael's anger once more.
Synonyms
incite, arouse, rouse, provoke, animate, stir up, work up, whip up, kindle, fire, ignite, touch off, foment, actuate, inspire
aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, worsen, make worse, compound
enrage, incense, anger, infuriate, exasperate, madden, send into a rage, provoke, antagonize, rile, gall
red, flushed, high-coloured, burning, flaming, florid
1. 1.1 Provoke (someone) to strong feelings.
  激起…的强烈感情
  her sister was inflamed with jealousy
  她姐姐妒火中烧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I nodded imperceptibly, anxious not to inflame him further.
  As it happens, hypocrisy on matters of animals does inflame me also.
  You realized that in saying that, that would inflame some people.
  Noticing her fast stride with his calm footsteps inflamed her.
  I knew not what to say fearing to inflame her more.
  Their bodies were so close now that his heat inflamed her.
  She knew that she would present for him if only he asked, and the knowledge humiliated her but further inflamed her, and yet he just kept looking in her eyes.
  It will either inform you or inflame you, and either one can be a good thing.
  And her beauty - I am easily inflamed, I admit it, and I will never see a more beautiful woman than Sonali, even as she threw plates at my head.
  But what good is that if the struggles over parades are prefigured to continue endlessly, and to twist and inflame ordinary people endlessly.
  He's inflamed her heart, but now he is rolling out of town.
  Names and symbols inflame us, and wars have been fought over flags and soccer matches.
  If ‘Steve’ tried and it inflamed her, imagine if one came from you.
  I don't know why the police had to do this but it will only inflame local people around here.
  The liberties I allowed myself only inflamed me more.
  But he was so inflamed when he spoke of it, like he is about everything in fact.
  So that just inflamed me even further because first of all Pol will never do something like that and secondly it was definitely not anybody I knew.
  She smiled, but she was an Angels fan and wasn't about to start encouraging an uppity little Yankees fan's affections, which only served to inflame him further.
  I don't find, as I go around Australia, that people are inflamed.
  I am rarely inflamed to such an extent as I was this morning reading this news report.
2. 1.2 Make (a situation) worse.
  使（情势）恶化
  Example sentencesExamples
  They felt that inflaming the situation with a vitriolic confrontation would make them feel more at risk.
  Political leaders on all sides had inflamed the situation, creating a momentum that they could no longer control let alone quell.
  Instead, the minister's comments seem to have inflamed the situation.
  I do not want to inflame the situation by making any further comments until we know exactly why this happened.
  To go in and make arrests would inflame the situation.
  Some retailers think that if they report light-fingered staff to police instead of simply firing them, they inflame the situation and increase the risk of later legal action.
  Of course, it's not reporters' job to intentionally inflame bad situations.
  Any retaliatory attack would only inflame the current situation,’ he warned.
  You don't want to inflame the situation while the crew is there.
  Julia Morley said the contest had been used as a ‘political football’ and blamed a Nigerian journalist for inflaming the situation.
  The situation is inflamed by cut-price drinks offers, such as paying £5 to drink as much as you want.
  A spokesman for the society said the thread running through the guidelines was that solicitors should do ‘anything possible’ to avoid inflaming the situation.
  If staff act in a trained, controlled manner they are less likely to inflame the situation.
  Some of the men outside the mosque said that the raid would inflame the situation’.
  I think the president doesn't want to further inflame the situation.
  The workers were already very angry but he's after inflaming the whole situation now.
  Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game.
  They are not at all helpful and might inflame the situation.
  And consistent with the policies that we have upheld in relation to hostages, we don't want to inflame the situation by needless and unnecessary comment.
  Usually, outside comments just serve to inflame the situation.
2Cause inflammation in (a part of the body)
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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The warnings state that Vitrase should not be used to reduce the swelling of bites, stings, and infected or inflamed areas because of the possibility of spreading a localized infection.
- Some children also inhale these contents into the lungs, where they can make inflamed airways even more swollen.
- Advise her to rest affected joints when they are inflamed.
- If many of your joints are inflamed, your doctor may prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone.
- Rubbing against the joint sometimes causes this sac to become inflamed, swollen and sore.
- Just like the blood vessels around the heart can become clogged with cholesterol plaques and inflamed tissue, the blood vessels in the legs and the neck can become partially or totally blocked.
- Her uvula was almost atrophic but was slightly inflamed on its tip - certainly not consistent with the symptoms she described.
- During pregnancy, your gums are more likely to become inflamed or infected.
- Biopsy of the wall of the mucocoele taken at the time of surgery showed chronically inflamed respiratory mucosa.
- The surrounding gum may also be inflamed, tender and swollen.
- Arthritis can cause your joints to become inflamed and painful.
- Cutaneous infections irritate and inflame the skin, further reducing its efficiency as a barrier.
- This is caused by infected and inflamed diverticula perforating or rupturing.
- This infection inflames the meninges, and it is called meningitis.
- You should take plenty of rest periods when your joints are inflamed and you are in pain.
- When part of your body is inflamed, it is red, hot and sore.
- The doctor diagnosed my knee as having minor cartilage damage, yet the arthroscopic surgery only inflamed the joint.
- It is possible that when BAL is performed in an infected or inflamed area in infants, more pyrogenic cytokines are released.
- It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis and other local inflammations.
- If you have arthritis, inflamed joints can turn these minor inconveniences into painful struggles.
Synonyms
swollen, puffed up
3literary 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- At the courthouse, endless speeches inflamed the night air.
- Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- Open your eyes, still heavy and inflamed by late night television and tears
- The shadow engulfed figure's face illuminated as he inflamed a lighter.
- After the last two weeks he may be less enthusiastic about all those flashes inflaming the night.

Origin

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

词汇	inflame
释义	Definition of inflame in English: inflame verb ɪnˈfleɪmɪnˈfleɪm [with object] 1Provoke 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。 Example sentencesExamples Deterrence and punishment are not rational options, and politicians who seek to inflame public feeling in these distressing cases are being forced to recognise this. I don't doubt that such experiences can inflame devotion, like any pious dream. The fall of New Orleans in April 1862, combined with the Federal threat against Mobile, inflamed public passions. Some Japanese politicians periodically inflame Chinese anger by saying accounts of past atrocities are exaggerated. He wanted to dampen down divisions rather than inflame anti-European feelings in his party. How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation? Benevolence inflames the anger of the young men of the cités as much as repression, because their rage is inseparable from their being. I cannot see how it will do anything other than inflame hatred and further war and terrorism. The casual way in which Monica was dropped to the ground inflamed Michael's anger once more. On the particular issue of the islands, feelings are inflamed on both sides. The value of citizenship is eroded in the enthusiasm of these outfits to inflame communal passions to win adherents to the extremist cult. This suggestion only inflamed public resentment. However, their every utterance is designed to inflame fears and tensions and give succour to the fascists. Its stature can be gauged by the not insignificant fact that after 33 years, it still inspires revolutionists and inflames the anger of renegades. No reasonable settlement is possible in the mood engendered by war because war inflames passions and makes men delirious. They have been accused - sometimes rightly - of distorting complex issues and inflaming public passions. The last thing a responsible government should do is hysterically inflame these feelings by turning people against each other through the demonisation of innocent citizens. They have inflamed the feelings of Chinese victims by seeking to deny their responsibility for outrages such as the Rape of Nanking. The split that is inflaming the public mood is the one between insiders and outsiders. But you have to ask which article will do more to inflame the scornful anger of the middle classes. Synonyms incite, arouse, rouse, provoke, animate, stir up, work up, whip up, kindle, fire, ignite, touch off, foment, actuate, inspire stimulate, agitate, spur on aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, worsen, make worse, compound add fuel to the flames, fan the flames, rub salt in the wound enrage, incense, anger, infuriate, exasperate, madden, send into a rage, provoke, antagonize, rile, gall informal make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, drive mad/crazy rare empurple red, flushed, high-coloured, burning, flaming, florid 1.1 Provoke (someone) to strong feelings. 激起…的强烈感情 her sister was inflamed with jealousy 她姐姐妒火中烧。 Example sentencesExamples She knew that she would present for him if only he asked, and the knowledge humiliated her but further inflamed her, and yet he just kept looking in her eyes. So that just inflamed me even further because first of all Pol will never do something like that and secondly it was definitely not anybody I knew. I don't know why the police had to do this but it will only inflame local people around here. If ‘Steve’ tried and it inflamed her, imagine if one came from you. I am rarely inflamed to such an extent as I was this morning reading this news report. It will either inform you or inflame you, and either one can be a good thing. But what good is that if the struggles over parades are prefigured to continue endlessly, and to twist and inflame ordinary people endlessly. I don't find, as I go around Australia, that people are inflamed. I knew not what to say fearing to inflame her more. You realized that in saying that, that would inflame some people. She smiled, but she was an Angels fan and wasn't about to start encouraging an uppity little Yankees fan's affections, which only served to inflame him further. He's inflamed her heart, but now he is rolling out of town. Names and symbols inflame us, and wars have been fought over flags and soccer matches. As it happens, hypocrisy on matters of animals does inflame me also. Their bodies were so close now that his heat inflamed her. I nodded imperceptibly, anxious not to inflame him further. And her beauty - I am easily inflamed, I admit it, and I will never see a more beautiful woman than Sonali, even as she threw plates at my head. Noticing her fast stride with his calm footsteps inflamed her. The liberties I allowed myself only inflamed me more. But he was so inflamed when he spoke of it, like he is about everything in fact. 1.2 Make (a situation) worse. 使（情势）恶化 comments that inflame what is already a sensitive situation Example sentencesExamples Political leaders on all sides had inflamed the situation, creating a momentum that they could no longer control let alone quell. They felt that inflaming the situation with a vitriolic confrontation would make them feel more at risk. I do not want to inflame the situation by making any further comments until we know exactly why this happened. Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game. They are not at all helpful and might inflame the situation. Of course, it's not reporters' job to intentionally inflame bad situations. Some retailers think that if they report light-fingered staff to police instead of simply firing them, they inflame the situation and increase the risk of later legal action. A spokesman for the society said the thread running through the guidelines was that solicitors should do ‘anything possible’ to avoid inflaming the situation. You don't want to inflame the situation while the crew is there. The situation is inflamed by cut-price drinks offers, such as paying £5 to drink as much as you want. If staff act in a trained, controlled manner they are less likely to inflame the situation. Usually, outside comments just serve to inflame the situation. Some of the men outside the mosque said that the raid would inflame the situation’. Julia Morley said the contest had been used as a ‘political football’ and blamed a Nigerian journalist for inflaming the situation. I think the president doesn't want to further inflame the situation. And consistent with the policies that we have upheld in relation to hostages, we don't want to inflame the situation by needless and unnecessary comment. Any retaliatory attack would only inflame the current situation,’ he warned. The workers were already very angry but he's after inflaming the whole situation now. To go in and make arrests would inflame the situation. Instead, the minister's comments seem to have inflamed the situation. 2Cause inflammation in (a part of the body) 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。 Example sentencesExamples The warnings state that Vitrase should not be used to reduce the swelling of bites, stings, and infected or inflamed areas because of the possibility of spreading a localized infection. You should take plenty of rest periods when your joints are inflamed and you are in pain. When part of your body is inflamed, it is red, hot and sore. Some children also inhale these contents into the lungs, where they can make inflamed airways even more swollen. The surrounding gum may also be inflamed, tender and swollen. It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis and other local inflammations. Rubbing against the joint sometimes causes this sac to become inflamed, swollen and sore. Arthritis can cause your joints to become inflamed and painful. If many of your joints are inflamed, your doctor may prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone. If you have arthritis, inflamed joints can turn these minor inconveniences into painful struggles. Just like the blood vessels around the heart can become clogged with cholesterol plaques and inflamed tissue, the blood vessels in the legs and the neck can become partially or totally blocked. Advise her to rest affected joints when they are inflamed. It is possible that when BAL is performed in an infected or inflamed area in infants, more pyrogenic cytokines are released. The doctor diagnosed my knee as having minor cartilage damage, yet the arthroscopic surgery only inflamed the joint. This is caused by infected and inflamed diverticula perforating or rupturing. Biopsy of the wall of the mucocoele taken at the time of surgery showed chronically inflamed respiratory mucosa. This infection inflames the meninges, and it is called meningitis. Cutaneous infections irritate and inflame the skin, further reducing its efficiency as a barrier. Her uvula was almost atrophic but was slightly inflamed on its tip - certainly not consistent with the symptoms she described. During pregnancy, your gums are more likely to become inflamed or infected. Synonyms swollen, puffed up red, reddened, raw, hot, burning, itchy, itching, chafing, smarting, stinging, angry, angry-looking sore, painful, tender, sensitive infected, festered, septic 3literary 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。 Example sentencesExamples The shadow engulfed figure's face illuminated as he inflamed a lighter. After the last two weeks he may be less enthusiastic about all those flashes inflaming the night. Open your eyes, still heavy and inflamed by late night television and tears At the courthouse, endless speeches inflamed the night air. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! Origin Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- 'into' + flamma 'flame'. Definition of inflame in US English: inflame verbinˈflāmɪnˈfleɪm [with object] 1Provoke 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。 Example sentencesExamples The last thing a responsible government should do is hysterically inflame these feelings by turning people against each other through the demonisation of innocent citizens. The value of citizenship is eroded in the enthusiasm of these outfits to inflame communal passions to win adherents to the extremist cult. The split that is inflaming the public mood is the one between insiders and outsiders. He wanted to dampen down divisions rather than inflame anti-European feelings in his party. However, their every utterance is designed to inflame fears and tensions and give succour to the fascists. Benevolence inflames the anger of the young men of the cités as much as repression, because their rage is inseparable from their being. I cannot see how it will do anything other than inflame hatred and further war and terrorism. Deterrence and punishment are not rational options, and politicians who seek to inflame public feeling in these distressing cases are being forced to recognise this. On the particular issue of the islands, feelings are inflamed on both sides. But you have to ask which article will do more to inflame the scornful anger of the middle classes. The fall of New Orleans in April 1862, combined with the Federal threat against Mobile, inflamed public passions. Its stature can be gauged by the not insignificant fact that after 33 years, it still inspires revolutionists and inflames the anger of renegades. No reasonable settlement is possible in the mood engendered by war because war inflames passions and makes men delirious. They have been accused - sometimes rightly - of distorting complex issues and inflaming public passions. How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation? I don't doubt that such experiences can inflame devotion, like any pious dream. Some Japanese politicians periodically inflame Chinese anger by saying accounts of past atrocities are exaggerated. They have inflamed the feelings of Chinese victims by seeking to deny their responsibility for outrages such as the Rape of Nanking. This suggestion only inflamed public resentment. The casual way in which Monica was dropped to the ground inflamed Michael's anger once more. Synonyms incite, arouse, rouse, provoke, animate, stir up, work up, whip up, kindle, fire, ignite, touch off, foment, actuate, inspire aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, worsen, make worse, compound enrage, incense, anger, infuriate, exasperate, madden, send into a rage, provoke, antagonize, rile, gall red, flushed, high-coloured, burning, flaming, florid 1.1 Provoke (someone) to strong feelings. 激起…的强烈感情 her sister was inflamed with jealousy 她姐姐妒火中烧。 Example sentencesExamples I nodded imperceptibly, anxious not to inflame him further. As it happens, hypocrisy on matters of animals does inflame me also. You realized that in saying that, that would inflame some people. Noticing her fast stride with his calm footsteps inflamed her. I knew not what to say fearing to inflame her more. Their bodies were so close now that his heat inflamed her. She knew that she would present for him if only he asked, and the knowledge humiliated her but further inflamed her, and yet he just kept looking in her eyes. It will either inform you or inflame you, and either one can be a good thing. And her beauty - I am easily inflamed, I admit it, and I will never see a more beautiful woman than Sonali, even as she threw plates at my head. But what good is that if the struggles over parades are prefigured to continue endlessly, and to twist and inflame ordinary people endlessly. He's inflamed her heart, but now he is rolling out of town. Names and symbols inflame us, and wars have been fought over flags and soccer matches. If ‘Steve’ tried and it inflamed her, imagine if one came from you. I don't know why the police had to do this but it will only inflame local people around here. The liberties I allowed myself only inflamed me more. But he was so inflamed when he spoke of it, like he is about everything in fact. So that just inflamed me even further because first of all Pol will never do something like that and secondly it was definitely not anybody I knew. She smiled, but she was an Angels fan and wasn't about to start encouraging an uppity little Yankees fan's affections, which only served to inflame him further. I don't find, as I go around Australia, that people are inflamed. I am rarely inflamed to such an extent as I was this morning reading this news report. 1.2 Make (a situation) worse. 使（情势）恶化 Example sentencesExamples They felt that inflaming the situation with a vitriolic confrontation would make them feel more at risk. Political leaders on all sides had inflamed the situation, creating a momentum that they could no longer control let alone quell. Instead, the minister's comments seem to have inflamed the situation. I do not want to inflame the situation by making any further comments until we know exactly why this happened. To go in and make arrests would inflame the situation. Some retailers think that if they report light-fingered staff to police instead of simply firing them, they inflame the situation and increase the risk of later legal action. Of course, it's not reporters' job to intentionally inflame bad situations. Any retaliatory attack would only inflame the current situation,’ he warned. You don't want to inflame the situation while the crew is there. Julia Morley said the contest had been used as a ‘political football’ and blamed a Nigerian journalist for inflaming the situation. The situation is inflamed by cut-price drinks offers, such as paying £5 to drink as much as you want. A spokesman for the society said the thread running through the guidelines was that solicitors should do ‘anything possible’ to avoid inflaming the situation. If staff act in a trained, controlled manner they are less likely to inflame the situation. Some of the men outside the mosque said that the raid would inflame the situation’. I think the president doesn't want to further inflame the situation. The workers were already very angry but he's after inflaming the whole situation now. Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game. They are not at all helpful and might inflame the situation. And consistent with the policies that we have upheld in relation to hostages, we don't want to inflame the situation by needless and unnecessary comment. Usually, outside comments just serve to inflame the situation. 2Cause inflammation in (a part of the body) 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。 Example sentencesExamples The warnings state that Vitrase should not be used to reduce the swelling of bites, stings, and infected or inflamed areas because of the possibility of spreading a localized infection. Some children also inhale these contents into the lungs, where they can make inflamed airways even more swollen. Advise her to rest affected joints when they are inflamed. If many of your joints are inflamed, your doctor may prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone. Rubbing against the joint sometimes causes this sac to become inflamed, swollen and sore. Just like the blood vessels around the heart can become clogged with cholesterol plaques and inflamed tissue, the blood vessels in the legs and the neck can become partially or totally blocked. Her uvula was almost atrophic but was slightly inflamed on its tip - certainly not consistent with the symptoms she described. During pregnancy, your gums are more likely to become inflamed or infected. Biopsy of the wall of the mucocoele taken at the time of surgery showed chronically inflamed respiratory mucosa. The surrounding gum may also be inflamed, tender and swollen. Arthritis can cause your joints to become inflamed and painful. Cutaneous infections irritate and inflame the skin, further reducing its efficiency as a barrier. This is caused by infected and inflamed diverticula perforating or rupturing. This infection inflames the meninges, and it is called meningitis. You should take plenty of rest periods when your joints are inflamed and you are in pain. When part of your body is inflamed, it is red, hot and sore. The doctor diagnosed my knee as having minor cartilage damage, yet the arthroscopic surgery only inflamed the joint. It is possible that when BAL is performed in an infected or inflamed area in infants, more pyrogenic cytokines are released. It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis and other local inflammations. If you have arthritis, inflamed joints can turn these minor inconveniences into painful struggles. Synonyms swollen, puffed up 3literary 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。 Example sentencesExamples At the courthouse, endless speeches inflamed the night air. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! Open your eyes, still heavy and inflamed by late night television and tears The shadow engulfed figure's face illuminated as he inflamed a lighter. After the last two weeks he may be less enthusiastic about all those flashes inflaming the night. Origin Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.
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