| 词汇 | fomenting |
| 释义 | fomenting present participle offoment foment verb[ T ] formaluk /fəʊˈment/ us /foʊˈment/ to cause trouble to develop: 挑起，激起，煽动（事端） The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension.这首歌因可能挑起种族冲突被禁播了。 Causing things to happen activate activation actuation agent attribute attribute something to someone hyperstimulate hyperstimulation implement implementation in launch pad pioneer Pygmalion effect reactivate realization realize reattribute render spark Examples of fomentingfomenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The cruder method of fomenting military coups had been replaced by financing and training civilian opponents, but the aim was still the same. It is not a good thing to have a vested interest in fomenting unrest. The central focus is on alleged historic wrongs and the fomenting of hatred against a religious minority. In the immediate post-war period this involved considerable central state redirection of resources away from the military toward reconstruction, fomenting local resentment. Such an assertion sits uncomfortably with her own emphasis on colonialism's central role in fomenting "gender pacts" that preserved men's privilege and reinforced religious and class hierarchies. Labour was unable to challenge segregation head-on, and when questioned denied the charge of fomenting ' ' social equality. The preference shown by women, as much as their gender, made them liable to charges of fomenting disorder, placing personal desires ahead of worthier social interests. The situation thus really suspends interaction among the three elements, instead of fomenting it, although it is certainly, nonetheless, of the most distinct consequences for all of them. What is needed is to reverse the policies that are jeopardising equal rights and fomenting discrimination against women, especially in the workplace. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They are setting the ethnic groups against each other in the tried and tested manner by fomenting anxiety and mistrust. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The junta fell as a result of its action in fomenting the coup. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were fomenting that type of industrial unrest by using precisely the arguments which they have been using here tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that was during the time when there were intense troubles which he was fomenting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are often told, indeed we are sometimes lectured, about fomenting strikes and disputes between employers and workmen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are also well aware that there are extremists who are fomenting these disturbances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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