点火

• 拼音: diǎn huǒ
• 汉字拆解: 点 = 黑 + 占 (dot, to ignite); 火 = pictograph of flames (fire)

含义

To ignite; to light a fire; to start the combustion process. Also used figuratively to mean to spark conflict or agitation.

Used literally for lighting fires, engines, or rockets (火箭点火 — rocket ignition), and figuratively for instigating conflict or stirring up emotions (故意点火 — deliberately stirring up trouble). The figurative use is especially common in political and social commentary.

例句

1. 火箭发射前，指挥中心下达了最终点火指令，现场所有人员屏息以待。
2. 部分媒体评论员认为，该政客的言论是在刻意点火，企图激化已趋于平息的社会矛盾。
3. 营地管理员提醒游客，在干旱季节禁止在林区内随意点火，以防止森林火灾的发生。

用法指南

语境: technology, politics, outdoors, social commentary

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 航天工程师确认发动机系统一切正常后，才向控制台发出最终点火授权，整个过程严格按照操作规程执行。(Only after the aerospace engineers confirmed that the engine systems were all normal did they issue the final ignition authorisation to the control panel — the entire process was executed strictly in accordance with operating procedures.)
• 这篇社论被政治观察人士解读为一次蓄意点火之举，意在重新点燃两党之间已趋平息的争议。(This editorial was interpreted by political observers as a deliberate act of provocation, intended to reignite the disputes between the two parties that had begun to die down.)

错误说法

• 点上火 — casual but not wrong; in formal contexts 点火 is sufficient without the directional complement 上

起源与历史

点 (to light, to ignite) + 火 (fire) — to apply a point of flame to start a fire

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal