foment

英 [f?(?)'ment]

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第三人稱單數:?foments;過去式:?fomented;過去分詞:?fomented;現在分詞:?fomenting;

foment 煽動

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

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,并且想辦法來挑起革命.

3. The still - simmering possibility of previously unthinkable defaults by west European states continues to foment uncertainty.: 西歐國家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, 那里有大批講俄語的少數民族.