V-T If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression "aid and abet." 同谋 [法律] [正式]
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him.
他的妻子因与他同谋被判决关押七年。
He was abetted in the deception by his wife.
他行骗是受了妻子的怂恿。
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。
The speculative binge was abetted by a giant "shadow banking system" in which the Banks relied heavily on short-term debt.
投机热潮被一个巨大的“影子银行系统”助长，在这一系统中银行很大程度上依赖于短期债务。
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