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单词 breeding ground
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breeding ground
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/
aplacewhereanimalsbreedandproducetheirbabies:
（动物的）繁殖地
Theseanimalsalwaysreturnto the samebreedingground.这些动物总是回到同一个地方繁殖。
aplacewhere somethingdevelopseasily,especiallysomethingunpleasant:
（尤指坏事的）滋生地
Poorhousingconditionsarebreedinggroundsforcrime.糟糕的居住环境滋生犯罪。
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(Definition ofbreeding groundfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

breeding ground| American Dictionary

breeding ground
noun[C]
us
/ˈbri·dɪŋ ˌɡrɑʊnd/
aplaceorconditionthatproducesorcausesa lot of something,esp. somethingbad:
Poverty is a breeding ground forcrime.
(Definition ofbreeding groundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbreeding ground

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It is a visual0verbal idea that we can see being manifested, a dynamicbreedinggroundfor all narratives.
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Calvinism became the most importantbreedinggroundof the capitalistic spirit.
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In the attempt to destroy the mosquito'sbreedingground, the authorities rarely consulted local people, thus alienating potential patients.
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To what extent did this functionalist streak provide a fertilebreedinggroundfor the ensuing debate?
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But the school was not simply abreedinggroundfor new ceremonialists, and plenty of students picked up rather different messages.
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The area between the thick layers of ice and the underwater ocean is potentialbreedinggroundfor a host of bacteria, cells, and biomolecules.
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And, in a favourable environment, the university could be abreedinggroundfor originality and innovation.
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The interstate competition for capital in a federal system provided abreedinggroundfor the experimentation of state laws.
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It was believed that the squatters were abreedinggroundfor fire and disease, a great risk to public health and public order that had to be eradicated.
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It is uncertain as yet, however, whether the species is sufficiently numerous or widely distributed to be of more than local importance in affording a winterbreedinggroundfor stainers.
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An appreciation of corruption's debilitating economic impact and consequently its role as abreedinggroundfor local and global poverty must be made widely known to the general public.
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The country's urban and rural poor live in conditions of marginality and impoverishment which have been abreedinggroundfor disaffection, criminality and political violence over decades.
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This is how thebreedinggroundfor those secession movements grows.
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This influx of marginalised individuals provides abreedinggroundfor all sorts of crime and exploitation.
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If we tolerate unemployment and exclusion among the young, we establish abreedinggroundfor intolerance.
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