| 单词 | abet |
| 释义 | abet (once / 2534 pages) v To abet is to help someone do something, usually something wrong. If you were the lookout while your older sister swiped cookies from the cookie jar, you abetted her mischief. The verb abet can be used to generally mean encouragement, but people usually expect to see it in relation to some crime. "The singer was abetted by a pianist in her rendition of Silver Bells," for example, is a harmless construction. However, people more often expect abet in a sentence like this: "She was charged with aiding and abetting the burglar because she drove the getaway car." Abet comes from an Old French word abeter meaning "to bait." WORD FAMILYabet: abetment, abets, abettal, abetted, abetter, abetting, abettor+/abetment: abetments/abetter: abetters/abettor: abettors USAGE EXAMPLESBy creating interactions that encourage consumers to understand the objects that serve them as women, technologists abet the prejudice by which women are considered objects. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Many countries, including Russia, recruit hackers to do cyberespionage or cyberattacks, and in exchange the authorities ignore or even abet their criminal enterprises. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) In Trump’s world — aided and abetted by most of the corporate news media — social and political reality are twisted and upended to fit his will. Salon(Dec 06, 2016) v assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing Hyper assist act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function |
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