add fuel to the fire
fuel
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈfjuː.əl/ us /ˈfjuː.əl/-ll- or US usually-l-
to supply a system with a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power: 为…添加燃料
be fueled byOur heating is fuelled by gas.我们的供暖系统是烧天然气的。
We have a gas-fuelled heating system.我们有一套烧天然气的供暖系统。
petrol/hydrogen-fuelled cars汽油／氢燃料汽车
Something that fuels a feeling or a type of behaviour increases it or makes it stronger: 加强；激起
The rapid promotion of the director's son has itself fuelled resentment within the company.董事的儿子升职太快了，这件事激起了公司内的不满情绪。
fuel speculationThe president's speech fuelled speculation that she is about to resign.总统的讲话引起了人们认为她准备辞职的猜测。
A huge amount of hydrogen is needed to fuel to rocket.
The rumours have been fuelled by speculation in the press.
The diesel in this tank fuels both of the ship's motors.
The engine had been converted so that it could be fuelled by unleaded petrol.
Her ambition was fuelled by her older sister's achievements.

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Fuels
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fuel rod
gasometer
go-juice
guzzle
hickory chips
mesquite
non-fuel
non-petroleum
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fuel | American Dictionary

fuel
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈfju·əl, fjul/
a substance such as oil or gas that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned
fuel
verb[ T ]
us/ˈfju·əl, fjul/
to provide power to something:
The heating system is fueled by natural gas.

fuel | Business English

fuel
noun
uk /ˈfjuːəl/us
[ C or U ] NATURAL RESOURCES
a substance which is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned:
oil, gas and other kinds of fuel
nuclear fuel
fossil fuels
fuel costs/pricesDomestic fuel costs have risen sharply over the past few months.
The new exhaust system, it is claimed, will lower fuel consumption.
[ U ]
anything that keeps people's ideas or feelings active, or makes them stronger:
The news reports were designed to add fuel to the debate over interest rates.
fuel
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈfjuːəl/us-ll- | US usually-l-
to supply a system with a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power:
fuelled by sthOur heating system is fuelled by gas.
The company is working on the development of methane-fuelled vehicles.
to increase a feeling or a type of behaviour or make it stronger:
The rapid promotion of the director's son has itself fuelled resentment within the company.
The press release fuelled speculation that interest rates were about to rise.

Examples of fuel

fuel
The weather component models moisture input and output in fuels generically classed as fine, moderate, and heavy.
In developed countries, fuels are further specified in numerous classes for fire behavior prediction, but that requires decades of field work.
The proposed tax would bring carbon-rich fuels in line with natural gas, which is taxed in some countries but not others.
The conversion efficiency of the process of electricity generation using fossil fuels is between 30% and 40% when at its most efficient.
The speed with which this will occur depends primarily upon the speed at which the prices of conventional fuels rise.
A more pessimistic scenario examines possible outcomes in the absence of energy saving technological change and backstops fuels.
To improve environmental performance, the other option suggested by the author is substituting other low carbon fuels for coal or using washed coal.
Such technologies may, for example, include commercial fuels and improved agricultural inputs.
Interventions must be found to make solid fuels less risky for health.
Issues of affordability affect uptake of both improved stoves and modern fuels.
Both forest fuelwood and alternative fuels require labor inputs.
Park managers should recognize that collection of alternative fuels, higher shadow prices, and greater wealth will reduce the intensity of fuelwood collection from forests.
Dignified defiance is mostly fueled by dignity as a virtue, a strong sense of self-worth, courage, wisdom, temperance, and justice.
Such anxiety defines a major impetus behind donation campaigns; further, it fuels the devotion that drives the difficult work of procurement staff throughout this country.
In a city where speculation fuels the money markets, second guessing about corporate futures is commonplace throughout the business community.
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Collocations withfuel

fuel

These are words often used in combination with fuel.

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add fuel to
Not surprisingly, 'this added fuel to the fire'.
alcohol fuel
The oil was intended to prevent sailors from drinking the alcoholfuel.
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