prompt引发、导致

1. The continuous rise in the unemployment rate may prompt social unrest.

2. 例子: The falsification of the star's dissertation prompts a heated discussion on the degree management in Colleges and Universities.

    场景: 说起引发热议我就想起这个事件。

3. 同义替换: cause/lead to

4. 欣赏: disastrous drought

              restore the river