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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- hotbed
['hɑt.bεd]
[hɔtbed]
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1.
noun
温苗圃
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2.
noun
温床
Collins English-English Dictionary
- hotbed
['hɒt"bεd]
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n
a glass-covered bed of soil, usually heated by fermenting material, used for propagating plants, forcing early vegetables, etc
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2.
n
a place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc, esp one considered bad
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a hotbed of insurrection
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Examples
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It was a hotbed of vice.
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这里是罪孽的滋生地。
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战争策源地
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a source of war; a hotbed of war
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官僚主义是贿赂和腐败的温床。
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Bureaucracy is a hotbed of bribery and corruption.
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罪恶的渊薮
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a hotbed (or breeding ground) of crime; a sink of iniquity
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战争温床
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hotbed of war
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如果你常看娱乐新闻,会觉得文艺圈简直像个是非窝。
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If you often watch entertainment news, you'll feel that the show business is really a hotbed of rumors.
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