0 to cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin -- 促使發生;發起
The government will instigate new measures to combat terrorism. 政府將採取新措施打擊恐怖主義。
The revolt in the north is believed to have been instigated by a high-ranking general. 北方的叛亂據信是由一名高級將領唆使的。
This notwithstanding, it is also there that they (fortunately) failed in their attempts to instigate and to sustain a stable regime of complete ethnic separation.
They pursued a two-pronged strategy of stimulating # local protests while instigating international opposition.
Parenting group instigated to look at normal growth and development, sleep and behaviour, nutrition and play.
In some cases the family directly instigates, for others the family serves as a source for inspiration.
This asserts that dreams are instigated by - and express - unconscious, unacceptable wishes.
There have been no prosecutions or investigations of individuals that have precipitated or instigated the violence.
However, blind infants' dependency on others for instigating joint attention does not indicate passivity in their involvement in joint attention.
Rather, the idea of absolute autonomy, via autonomy's association with uniqueness and individualism, has instigated the desirability of contemporary architecture.