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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2021-10-25 08:19:21 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 69398 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> The current definition implies that the advocated behavior is wrong or evil. "instigate: incite someone to do something, especially something bad." [Oxford] But with 怂恿, the advocated behavior can be something quite harmless. e.g. 你们参加今年的才艺赛吗？去年的才艺赛太棒了！我们竟然赢了。要不是Mallory老师怂恿我们根本不会参加。 Hey, are you guys going to this year's show? Last year's was so awesome! I still can't believe we won. Heidi and I only entered because Mr Mallory [the music teacher] asked us to. 他從行動書店的概念開始實踐,在一班書店朋 友的慫恿下,張正建立了自己的「基地」─燦爛 時光:東南亞主題書店。 Chang decided to launch a bookmobile service. Later, however, friends running a regular bookstore persuaded him to open his own bookstore. He named his establishment Brilliant Time: Southeast-Asia-themed Bookstore. 新社休閒農業導覽協會前理事長張學能表示，10年前進駐新社的幾個民宿業者都是退休自住轉型經營而來，例如原是建築師的他，退休後看上新社的天候和幽靜，到此蓋別墅，建材、設計都很講究，後來在朋友慫恿下改做民宿，由於不為營利，收費平價，成了特有的競爭優勢。 Zhang Xue-neng, a former director of Xin-she's agricultural tourism industry development association, says that Xin-she's early hostel owners, who set up a decade ago, were retirees. Zhang himself is a case in point. A former architect, he fell in love with Xin-she's climate and quiet, and built a meticulously designed and constructed vacation home there when he retired. Later, at the urging of friends, he turned it into a hostel. Zhang now runs his hostel on a non-profit basis, utilizing at-cost pricing to gain a unique competitive advantage. |
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- 慫恿 怂恿 [song3 yong3] /to instigate/to incite/to egg sb on/ + 慫恿 怂恿 [song3 yong3] /to instigate/to incite/to urge/to encourage/ |