foment
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源自中古英語 fomenten，借自古法語 fomenter[1]，源自晚期拉丁語 fomentare，源自拉丁語 fōmentum (“润肤液”)，源自fovere (“加热；珍爱”)。
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foment (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 foments, 現在分詞 fomenting, 一般過去時及過去分詞 fomented)
- 挑起，煽动，鼓动
- He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
- 他因为煽动暴乱而被逮捕，毕竟参与暴乱已经够坏了，煽动暴乱则更甚。
- Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.
- 外国政府企图挑起骚乱。
- 2021, Peter Walker, Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests, in: The Guardian, January 7 2021
- Boris Johnson and senior Conservative ministers have vigorously condemned the violence in Washington, but have largely steered clear of condemning Trump for fomenting it.
- (醫學) 敷
- 近義詞： beath
- 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton (2005), page 1178,
- The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.
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foment (複數 foments)
- 煽动
- 1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier
- He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up.
- 1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier