inflame
/ɪnˈfleɪm/verb
with obj.
1
- provoke 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。
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。
1.2
- make (a situation) worse使（情势）恶化。
2
- （一般作be inflamed）cause 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。
3
- poetic/literary 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。
派生词
inflamer
noun词源
Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- 'into' + flamma 'flame'.