inflammatory /m'flaematn US: -tan; in'flaema-/ton/ adj 1 tending to inflame: 易使人憤怒的; 煽動性的： ~ speeches. 煽動性的演說。 2 of, tending to produce, inflammation: 發(fā)炎的; 引起發(fā)炎的; 炎性的： an ~ condition of the lungs, eg as a symptom of pneumonia. 肺部發(fā)炎的狀況 (例如為肺炎的癥候) 。