inflame

verb

1. 激起…的强烈感情；（尤指）使愤怒，使激动
   to cause very strong feelings, especially anger or excitement, in a person or in a group of people
   1. His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country.
      他的评论激怒了全国教师。
2. 使（局势）恶化；使更棘手
   to make a situation worse or more difficult to deal with
   1. The situation was further inflamed by the arrival of the security forces.
      保安部队的到达使局势更加难以控制。

1. VERB 使更加激动;引起…的热情;使愤怒
   If something inflames a situation or inflames people's feelings, it makes people feel even more strongly about something.
   1. The General holds the rebels responsible for inflaming the situation...
      将军认为叛乱者是造成形势激化的原因。
   2. The shooting has only inflamed passions further.
      枪击事件无疑是火上浇油。

1. The testimony would inflame the jurors, and lead them astray from the facts of the case
   证言会激怒陪审员，使他们背离案件事实。
2. The General holds the rebels responsible for inflaming the situation
   将军认为叛乱者是造成形势激化的原因。
3. The shooting has only inflamed passions further.
   枪击事件无疑是火上浇油。
4. You can inflame a tense situation quickly if everyone is talking about it and word gets back to your manager.
   你可能使已经紧张的气氛更加激烈如果每个人都在谈论发生了什么，最后让老板听到。
5. He also wants to station government officials on uninhabited islands at the heart of the continuing territorial dispute with China, a step that would inflame Beijing.
   他同时希望向一系列无人居住的小岛派驻政府官员，而这些小岛则处于尚在持续的中日领土争端的核心位置。此举可能激起北京的强烈反应。
6. Although military forces have not clashed directly in the territorial dispute, past incidents involving private citizens have helped to inflame it.
   虽然双方的军事力量迄今未在这场领土纠纷中直接冲突，但以往曾有涉及私人的事件加剧纠纷。
7. Excessively hot weather can dull the spirits or inflame moods; a study by the Chicago police a few years ago, for example, showed that sudden upward swings in temperature are usually associated with higher murder rates.
   过于炎热的天气会让人提不起精神，或变得易爆易怒。举个例子，几年前芝加哥警察局的一项研究现实，气温突然上升通常与较高的谋杀率相关联。
8. So far as finance is concerned Mr Obama has worked to moderate anti-business sentiment, not inflame it.
   就金融而言，奥巴马的努力方向一直是平息（而非煽动）反商业情绪。
9. To irritate or inflame, as by chafing or sunburn.
   发热因摩擦或日晒而发热或变红。
10. But it can easily inflame nationalistic tempers too.
    但是互联网也可以轻易点燃民族主义怒火。
11. As for Mr Obama, a president in a titanic struggle over health reform may find it dangerous to inflame the Israel lobby.
    另一方面，奥巴马总统正奋力推进他的医疗改革事业，这个时候激怒以色列的游说团体是危险的。
12. The test results showed that the MCA compound inflame retardant have good inflame-retarding effect for HIPS.
    结果表明，氰尿酸三聚氰胺盐复合阻燃剂对高抗冲聚苯乙烯有良好的阻燃效果。
13. But the prime minister countered that in his view an early poll could inflame an already volatile situation.
    但是总理阿披实反驳称，按照他的观点，提前投票会激化本来已经反复无常的形势。
14. To release substances that inflame the air passages and cause them to contract.
    释放出一些物质使气管发炎导致它们痉挛。
15. US President Barack Obama has said the release of more photos of prisoner abuse by US soldiers is "of no benefit" and may inflame opinion against the US.
    美国总统奥巴马称，放出美士兵虐俘事件的照片“没有什么好处”，并可能影响大家对美国的观点。
16. More generally, small particulate matter and other pollutants in indoor smoke inflame the airways and lungs, impairing immune response and reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
    较为一般的情况是，室内烟雾中的微小颗粒物及其它污染物可使气道和双肺出现炎症，对免疫反应带来损害并且会降低血液携带氧气的能力。
17. Study to Identify Long Term Sites for Mid-stream Operations Insults only served to inflame the feud.
    中流作业长期用地的选址研究侮辱只是起了加剧长期不和的作用。
18. An attack on Iran would further inflame it.
    攻击伊朗只会进一步刺痛这个伤口。
19. Her question seemed to inflame him all the more.
    她提出的问题似乎使他更加气愤。
20. Although some argue that a generalised burst of foreign exchange intervention could act as a global monetary easing, a more widespread view is that such a round of competitive devaluation is more likely to inflame international tensions.
    虽然有人主张，各国突然之间纷纷展开汇市干预行动，可能起到全球货币政策放松的作用，但比较普遍的看法是，这样一轮竞争性贬值，更有可能加剧国际紧张。
21. If they menaceisrael across the Golan Heights, Israel will protect itself fiercely, which is sure to inflame Arab opinion.
    如果他们跨过戈兰高地威胁以色列，以色列会用激烈手段保护自己，而这必会激起阿拉伯世界的反应。
22. The unstable region shows the potential of the economic downturn to inflame simmering tensions.
    该地区动荡不安表明，经济低迷可能会引爆蓄势已久的紧张局势。
23. Any such test would further inflame regional tensions and follows Pyongyang's warnings in recent weeks that it stands on the brink of open war with Seoul.
    此类试射将进一步加剧地区紧张局势，最近几周，朝鲜政府曾警告称，其与韩国正处在战争的边缘。
24. It is also important to avoid asthma triggers-stimuli that irritate and inflame the airways.
    避免哮喘诱因刺激气道和导致发炎也是很重要的。
25. I wish to dazzle-to bewilder-to inflame her senses.
    我要让她感到眼花缭乱，手足无措。
26. Our lack of response seemed to inflame the colonel.
    由于我们没有反应，好象惹恼了那个上校。
27. It said the actions of the Defense Department will simply inflame tensions.
    工会称，国防部的行为只会加剧紧张形势。
28. Other experts said the findings were also almost certain to inflame a continuing debate over the widening use of antipsychotic drugs.
    其他专家表示，调查结果也几乎肯定在日益扩大使用的抗精神病药物领域将激起一个持续的争论。
29. Your dog's skin will inflame and break the pieces with time.
    您的狗的皮肤发炎，并打破件的时间。
30. Giving the Germans the top monetary job would probably inflame north-south divisions in Europe.
    将货币政策方面的最高职位交给德国人，将很可能激化欧洲的南北分化。

verb

1. become inflamed
   1. His throat inflamed

2. cause inflammation in
   1. The repetitive motion inflamed her joint

3. arouse or excite feelings and passions
   1. The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
   2. The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
   3. Wake old feelings of hatred

   Synonym:    stir upwakeigniteheatfire up

4. cause to start burning
   1. The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds

   Synonym:    kindleenkindleconflagrate

5. catch fire
   1. The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles

   Synonym:    kindle