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foment

英 [fəʊˈment]

美 [foʊˈment]

v.  挑起,激起,煽动(事端或暴力)

现在分词:fomenting 过去分词:fomented 过去式:fomented 复数:foments 第三人称单数:foments 

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BNC.24306 / COCA.22862

牛津词典

    verb

    • 挑起,激起,煽动(事端或暴力)
      to create trouble or violence or make it worse
      1. They accused him of fomenting political unrest.
        他们指控他煽动政治动乱。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 煽动,助长(事端或暴力)
      If someone or somethingfomentstrouble or violent opposition, they cause it to develop.
      1. They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence.
        他们指责罢工领导人煽动暴力。

    英英释义

    verb

    • bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
      1. His legs should be fomented
    • try to stir up public opinion
        Synonym:agitatestir up

      双语例句

      • The still-simmering possibility of previously unthinkable defaults by west European states continues to foment uncertainty.
        西欧国家的违约在以前是不可想象的,现如今,这种随时可能爆发的可能性则持续滋生着不确定性。
      • The brief People's Daily article, which carried the byline Wang Xiaoyang, charged that the U.S.developed the concept of cyber warfare and that it had used the Internet to foment unrest in Iran.
        《人民日报》这篇署名“汪小阳”的短文称美国引入了网络战概念,并利用网络煽动伊朗内乱。
      • In the 19th century, European regimes resented London for hosting exiled radicals trying to foment revolution across the continent.
        19世纪,欧洲一些政权憎恨伦敦,就是因为它接纳了企图在整个欧洲大陆煽动革命的流亡激进分子。
      • The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension.
        那首歌因为可能激化种族间的紧张关系被禁止了。
      • S.and Kazakhstan, which have worried that his presence could foment a civil war in the Central Asian republic.
        他的离去受到了俄罗斯、美国和哈萨克斯坦的催促,这些国家担心他留在国内会引发一场内战。
      • For one thing, high fuel prices can foment unrest, Burma being the latest case.
        首先,燃油价格高企可能会引发动荡,缅甸就是最新的例证。
      • That formative reason otherwise than immediate natural factor, people activity of production& livelihood foment and aggravate development of urban geological question.
        其成因除最直接的自然因素所致外,还有人为不合理的生产和生活活动诱发而加剧城市地质问题的发生发展。
      • They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence.
        他们指责罢工领导人煽动暴力。
      • Foment discord, ill feeling, civil disorder, etc.
        引起不和、恶感、内乱等。
      • There is one, that's for sure! The devil alone can foment murders! Don't forget that, and be careful!
        可以肯定,有一个魔鬼!这个魔鬼可以制造凶案。别忘了这个,小心一些!