英语词汇“to add fuel to the fire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

figurative. to add fuel to the fire (or flames) and variants: to cause a situation or conflict to become more intense; spec. to worsen or intensify a situation which is already tense or volatile. Also with of.

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1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 486/2 The King..caused all his Temporalities to bee seized on by his Sheriffe; whom therefore Geffry (adding fresh fuel to the fire) did solemnly excommunicate.

1620 W. Barlow tr. Two Lett. or Embassies sig. B4^v We..would bee loath to see you bring fuell to the flames of this disturbance.

1682 Loyal Protestant & True Domestick Intelligence 4 Nov. His Instructions used to add fuel to the fire of Sedition.

1789 D. Ramsay Hist. Amer. Revol. I. ii. 91 These annual orations administered fuel to the fire of liberty.

1822 Museum of Foreign Lit. Sept. 279 Scorn and disdain provoke their mutual ire, And keen revenge adds fuel to the fire.

1907 Mich. Alumnus May 320/1 The excitement over this question has waxed almost hysterical, and some of our esteemed daily contemporaries..regularly add fuel to the flames.

1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies ii. ix. 225 The rumours were worse than the facts, but they added fuel to the fire.

2015 Times (Nexis) 3 July 19 The figures added fuel to the fire in the row over seven-day GP access.

单词	to add fuel to the fire
释义	> as lemmas to add fuel to the fire (or flames) figurative. to add fuel to the fire (or flames) and variants: to cause a situation or conflict to become more intense; spec. to worsen or intensify a situation which is already tense or volatile. Also with of. ΚΠ 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 486/2 The King..caused all his Temporalities to bee seized on by his Sheriffe; whom therefore Geffry (adding fresh fuel to the fire) did solemnly excommunicate. 1620 W. Barlow tr. Two Lett. or Embassies sig. B4^v We..would bee loath to see you bring fuell to the flames of this disturbance. 1682 Loyal Protestant & True Domestick Intelligence 4 Nov. His Instructions used to add fuel to the fire of Sedition. 1789 D. Ramsay Hist. Amer. Revol. I. ii. 91 These annual orations administered fuel to the fire of liberty. 1822 Museum of Foreign Lit. Sept. 279 Scorn and disdain provoke their mutual ire, And keen revenge adds fuel to the fire. 1907 Mich. Alumnus May 320/1 The excitement over this question has waxed almost hysterical, and some of our esteemed daily contemporaries..regularly add fuel to the flames. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies ii. ix. 225 The rumours were worse than the facts, but they added fuel to the fire. 2015 Times (Nexis) 3 July 19 The figures added fuel to the fire in the row over seven-day GP access. extracted from fueln. < as lemmas
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