| 单词 | foment |
| 释义 | foment (foʊment ) Word forms: foments , fomenting , fomented verb If someone or something foments trouble or violent opposition, they cause it to develop. [formal] They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence. [VERB noun] Synonyms: stir up, raise, encourage, promote Collocations: foment revolution The organization spread rapidly and widely, and made several abortive attempts to foment revolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the 1970s, however, there were reports that he was working to foment revolution in other parts of the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have a vision of the latte-sipping classes rising up and fomenting revolution in the chain coffee bars. Times, Sunday Times He was a simple, easy-going man who preferred farming to politics, tilling the earth to fomenting revolution. Times, Sunday Times He predicts that digital networks will continue to disrupt the economy, in the process wiping out the middle class and fomenting revolution - even a 'socialist backlash'. The Times Literary Supplement |
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