foment

foment

英 [fə(ʊ)'ment]

vt. 煽動；挑起；熱敷

中文詞源：

foment 煽動

來自拉丁語fovere, 熱，詞源同fever. -ment,名詞後綴。引申詞義煽動。

例句：

1. The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
那些叛亂者知道真相,並且想辦法來挑起革命.

2. That's an attempt to foment discord.
這是挑撥.

3. The still - simmering possibility of previously unthinkable defaults by west European states continues to foment uncertainty.
西歐國傢的違約在以前是不可想象的,現如今,這種隨時可能爆發的可能性則持續滋生著不確定性.

4. An Arab uprising against us, which the Germans were definitely trying foment, would have been disastrous.
德國顯然試行策劃阿拉伯對我之暴動, 以造成極大的危機.

5. They will foment trouble in all three Baltic republics, where there are large Russian - speaking minorities.
他們將在所有三個波羅的海共和國挑起爭端, 那裡有大批講俄語的少數民族.