foment

英 [f?(?)'ment]

GRETOEFL暢通詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?foments;過(guò)去式:?fomented;過(guò)去分詞:?fomented;現(xiàn)在分詞:?fomenting;

foment 煽動(dòng)

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)fovere, 熱，詞源同fever. -ment,名詞后綴。引申詞義煽動(dòng)。

foment: foment: see favour
foment (v.): early 15c., "apply hot liquids," from Old French fomenter "apply hot compress (to a wound)" (13c.), from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum "warm application, poultice," contraction of *fovimentum, from fovere "to warm; cherish, encourage" (see fever). Extended sense of "stimulate, instigate" (1620s), on the notion of "encourage the growth of," as if by heat, probably was taken from French. Related: Fomented; fomenting.

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

3. The still - simmering possibility of previously unthinkable defaults by west European states continues to foment uncertainty.: 西歐國(guó)家的違約在以前是不可想象的,現(xiàn)如今,這種隨時(shí)可能爆發(fā)的可能性則持續(xù)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(guó)顯然試行策劃阿拉伯對(duì)我之暴動(dòng), 以造成極大的危機(jī).

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(gè)波羅的海共和國(guó)挑起爭(zhēng)端, 那里有大批講俄語(yǔ)的少數(shù)民族.