"put up to" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 慫恿...去做
• 唆使...去做

Definition

祕密地或有隱藏動機地鼓勵某人去做某事（通常是不好的或頑皮的事情）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於口語和非正式場合，通常指別人被慫恿做自己原本不會做的頑皮或不當的事。別與“put up with”（忍受）混淆，意義截然不同。

Examples

Who put you up to stealing my lunch?

是誰**慫恿你去**偷我的午餐的？

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

小孩們只是因為有人**慫恿他們**才惡作劇的。

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

要不是他**慫恿我去**做，我不會做的。

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

她肯定是被**唆使去**說出那個祕密的——她看起來很緊張。

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

是湯姆**慫恿你**去多請幾天假嗎？

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

我覺得有人**慫恿他去**打那個電話——他自己絕不會做。