一、详细释义:


v.

激起,煽动,鼓舞 [I,T]


例句:

Soapy's innocence and trust appeared to kindle those very same qualities in the little girl.

索皮的天真和信赖看来激起了那小女孩同样的情感。


例句:

The second world war kindled his enthusiasm for politics.

第二次世界大战激起了他的政治热情。


点燃,着火,照亮 [I,T]


例句:

A dry forest is likely to kindle with the smallest spark.

一片干枯的树林可能会被最小的火星点燃。


例句:

I came in and kindled a fire in the stove.

我进来把炉子点着了。


二、词义辨析:


kindle,fire,ignite,light

这些动词均含“点燃、着火”之意。 kindle指艰难或缓慢地把可燃料点燃,可用于比喻。 fire普通用词,指将某物点燃使其燃烧起来,火势可大可小。 ignite多用于科技文体,指使某物受热直到燃烧或发光,也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃烧起来。 light普通用词,指点燃易燃物,使其能发光,满足各种需要。


三、参考例句:


His insult kindle her anger.

他的侮辱激怒了她。


I believe Kindle is an end-to-end service.

我相信,Kindle是一种端到端的服务。


Amazon announced the fourth-generation Kindle in 2011.

2011年,第四代Kindle出现了。


The Kindle Paperwhite was released in 2012.

KindlePaperwhite是在2012年发布的。


Amazon announced the Kindle DX in 2009.

2009年,亚马逊还发布了KindleDX。


Amazon also announced its first touchscreen Kindle, called the Kindle Touch, in 2011.

2011年,亚马逊推出了第一台触屏Kindle,即KindleTouch。


Amazon announced the third generation of the Kindle, later called the Kindle Keyboard, in 2010.

2010年6英寸的第三代Kindle(后被称为KindleKeyboard)面世。


A smouldering cigarette can kindle a devastating bushfire.

闷燃着的香烟会引起毁灭性的林区大火。


This was the first Kindle without an e-ink display.

这也是第一款不使用电子墨水屏的Kindle系列产品。


The wood was wet and wouldn't kindle easily.

这木柴太湿,不易燃烧。