fomenting
present participle offoment
| 单词 | fomenting |
| 释义 | fomenting present participle offoment foment verb[T] formaluk/fəʊˈment/us/foʊˈment/tocausetroubletodevelop: Thesongwasbannedon thegroundsthat it might fomentracialtension. Causing things to happen
Examplesoffomentingfomenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The cruder method offomentingmilitary coups had been replaced by financing and training civilian opponents, but the aim was still the same. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not a good thing to have a vested interest infomentingunrest. From theCambridge English Corpus The central focus is on alleged historic wrongs and thefomentingof hatred against a religious minority. From theCambridge English Corpus In the immediate post-war period this involved considerable central state redirection of resources away from the military toward reconstruction,fomentinglocal resentment. From theCambridge English Corpus Such an assertion sits uncomfortably with her own emphasis on colonialism's central role infomenting"gender pacts" that preserved men's privilege and reinforced religious and class hierarchies. From theCambridge English Corpus Labour was unable to challenge segregation head-on, and when questioned denied the charge offomenting' ' social equality. From theCambridge English Corpus The preference shown by women, as much as their gender, made them liable to charges offomentingdisorder, placing personal desires ahead of worthier social interests. From theCambridge English Corpus The situation thus really suspends interaction among the three elements, instead offomentingit, although it is certainly, nonetheless, of the most distinct consequences for all of them. From theCambridge English Corpus What is needed is to reverse the policies that are jeopardising equal rights andfomentingdiscrimination against women, especially in the workplace. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They are setting the ethnic groups against each other in the tried and tested manner byfomentinganxiety and mistrust. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The junta fell as a result of its action infomentingthe coup. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They werefomentingthat type of industrial unrest by using precisely the arguments which they have been using here tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that was during the time when there were intense troubles which he wasfomenting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are often told, indeed we are sometimes lectured, aboutfomentingstrikes and disputes between employers and workmen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are also well aware that there are extremists who arefomentingthese disturbances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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