the act of causing something to begin or happen发起；唆使；煽动- at the instigation of An appeal fund was launched at the instigation of the President.总统授意发起了一项救援基金。🔊🔊
- at somebody's instigation It was done at his instigation.那件事是在他的鼓动下干的。🔊🔊
- He was involved in the instigation of acts of terrorism他参与了煽动恐怖主义行为的活动
Topics Change, cause and effectc2Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘incitement’): from Old French, or from Latin instigatio(n-), from the verb instigare, from in- ‘towards’ + stigare ‘prick, incite’.