Foment
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 煽动, 助长 ( 坏事)
- ［英］ v. 煽动, 助长 ( 坏事) ( to stir up trouble; instigate; incite)
- ［记］ 注意不要和ferment ( 酶, 酝酿) 相混
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum compress, from fovēre to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns
- Date: circa 1613
- to promote the growth or development of ; rouse, incite <foment a rebellion>
- Synonyms: see incite
- ? fomenter noun
