fomented

英 [fəʊˈmentɪd]

美 [foʊˈmentɪd]

v.  挑起，激起，煽动(事端或暴力)
foment的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• His words finally fomented her hostility.
  他的言词最后引起了她的敌意。
• Have you fomented it? The spare old man asked.
  “是你拨弄起来的吧？”瘦削的老人问道。
• Antagonism towards foreign investors has been growing in China for several years, fomented for self-serving reasons by a congeries of hardline Marxists, academics and bureaucrats who fear greater economic openness will threaten their jobs and power.
  几年来，中国对外国投资者的抵触情绪不断增大。起因在于一些强硬派的马克思主义者、学者和官员出于自身利益，担心经济进一步开放将威胁到他们的职位和权力。
• Both the rapid progression of land development and the spike in property prices have fomented unrest.
  无论是土地开发的快速推进，还是房地产价格的迅速上涨，都已经引发了社会动荡。
• Discord, who was a troublemaker, threw a golden apple on the table, to be given as a prize to the most beautiful. "Have you fomented it?" the spare old man asked.
  不和之神是个拨弄是非的家伙，他把一只金苹果扔在桌上，要奖给最美丽的女神。是你拨弄起来的吧？瘦削的老人问道。
• The distinct contrast between the possibility to solve the social problems brought about by economic prosperity and the social reality fomented more rebellious consciousness;
  经济繁荣带来的解决社会问题的可能性与社会现实间的鲜明对比引发了更多的反叛意识；
• Yet it strains credibility that the Kremlin truly believes the street protests that flared last winter are fomented by the US.
  不过，说克里姆林宫真的相信去年冬天开始风起云涌的抗议活动是美国煽动的，是不太可信的。
• While the initial reaction may have fomented controversy, the truth is that her reasoning is in line with our philosophy here at Zappos: more face time in the office can have a huge positive impact in helping build company culture.
  虽然最初的反应可能是引起争议，但事实上，梅耶的理由跟我们Zappos的理念是一致的：员工在办公室里进行更多面对面的交流可以对打造公司文化产生巨大的积极影响。
• The so-called "children of Facebook" who fomented the revolution know Egypt was once ahead of South Korea in scientific research and development.
  煽动起此次革命的所谓“facebook儿女”知道，埃及在科学研发方面一度领先于韩国。