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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- foment
[fo'mεnt]
[fəu'ment]
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1.
vt.
[Medicine]
热敷；热罨
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2.
vt.
惹（麻烦）；煽动；助长
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to foment a riot
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煽动暴乱
Collins English-English Dictionary
- foment
[fə'mεnt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up
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2.
vt.
[med]
to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation
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3.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum a poultice, ultimately from fovere to foster
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4.
n
[Usage]
Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest. Only ferment can be used intransitively or as a noun: his anger continued to ferment (not foment); rural areas were unaffected by the ferment in the cities
Examples
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制造隔阂
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foment feelings of estrangement
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挑拨是非
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foment discord
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制造分裂
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foment splits
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