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发音：[ˈkɪnd(ə)l]
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例句：
- Literally, to kindle something means to get it burning or glowing. Metaphorically, kindle can denote “to arouse emotions, interests, passions, responses, etc.”
- Bill enrolled in the University of Oregon, where his courses on architectural drawing and design kindled an interest in painting.
- The studies have kindled a debate among vaccine experts about whether a stronger dose would have been better or whether those children need third doses.
- The slowdown has kindled doubts about the viability of China’s stringent strategy of eliminating virtually all Covid infections — whether the cure is becoming worse than the social and economic costs of restrictions.
- The Squid Game has topped Netflix viewing charts in 94 countries, kick-started sales of track suits and Vans sneakers, and kindled interest in learning Korean here.
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解释：
- Kindle这个单词做动词使用，其表示“to get something burning or glowing, or to arouse emotions, interests, passions, responses, etc.”这一含义，即“激起/激发/点亮/点燃”， 与burn/ignite/illuminate/evoke/provoke这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- A variety of triggers can kindle wildfires on dry lands: high winds that send power lines careening into each other, stray cigarette butts, even sparks from train wheels.（各种触发因素可以在干燥的土地上点燃野火：大风使电力线相互碰撞，散落的烟头，甚至火车车轮产生的火花。）
—Science - For three days at Dodger Stadium, and especially Wednesday afternoon, the Nationals and Dodgers played a brand of baseball that kindled hopes for an October rematch.（在道奇体育场的三天里，尤其是周三下午，国民队和道奇队打了一场棒球，点燃了十月复赛的希望。）
—Sports - Retail giant Amazon.com Inc. sponsors an annual robotic-picking contest to kindle innovation in hardware and software that will make grasping and moving objects more efficient.（零售巨头亚马逊赞助了一年一度的机器人拣选比赛，以激发硬件和软件的创新，使抓取和移动物体更有效率。）
—Business - His parents’ extensive record collection kindled a lifelong passion for jazz, a musical form that Mr. Harper saw as integral to his sense of language and poetry.（他父母收藏的大量唱片激发了他一生对爵士乐的热情，哈珀先生认为这种音乐形式是他语言和诗歌感不可或缺的一部分。）
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