"put up to" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 怂恿...去做
• 唆使...去做

Definition

秘密地或有隐藏动机地鼓励某人去做某事（通常是不好的或顽皮的事情）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于口语和非正式场合，通常指别人被怂恿做自己原本不会做的调皮或不当的事。不要与“put up with”（忍受）混淆，意思完全不同。

Examples

Who put you up to stealing my lunch?

是谁**怂恿你去**偷我的午餐的？

The kids only played that prank because someone put them up to it.

孩子们只是因为有人**怂恿他们**才恶作剧的。

I wouldn't have done it if he hadn't put me up to it.

如果不是他**怂恿我去**做，我不会做的。

She was definitely put up to telling that secret—she looked so nervous.

她肯定是被**唆使去**说出那个秘密的——她看起来很紧张。

Did Tom put you up to asking for more vacation days?

是汤姆**教唆你**去多请几天假吗？

I think someone put him up to making that call—he’d never do it by himself.

我觉得有人**怂恿他去**打那个电话——他自己绝不会做。