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单词 fomentation
释义

Definition of fomentation in English:

fomentation

nounˌfəʊmɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌfoʊmənˈteɪʃən
  • 1mass noun The action of instigating or stirring up undesirable sentiment or actions.

    挑动,煽动

    the fomentation of discontent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his memoirs, Joseph Holt recalled the fomentation of what was to become the Castle Hill rebellion.
    • More than any military operation, this kind of power projection works against the fomentation of militant hatred towards them.
    • The reasons for the fomentation of militancy have been spectacularly perpetuated by your very own government.
    Synonyms
    egging on, urging, goading, spurring on, motivation, persuasion, inducement
  • 2archaic A poultice.

    〈古〉热敷膏药;罨剂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an art to folding and making fomentations work right.
    • Hot fomentations would give great relief, but did not give sufficient rest to the joint to permit of a cure.
    • Peat baths and peat fomentations have been used since the beginning of time to alleviate pain and disease.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin fomentatio(n-), from the verb fomentare (see foment).

Definition of fomentation in US English:

fomentation

nounˌfoʊmənˈteɪʃənˌfōmənˈtāSHən
  • 1The action of instigating or stirring up undesirable sentiment or actions.

    挑动,煽动

    the fomentation of discontent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his memoirs, Joseph Holt recalled the fomentation of what was to become the Castle Hill rebellion.
    • More than any military operation, this kind of power projection works against the fomentation of militant hatred towards them.
    • The reasons for the fomentation of militancy have been spectacularly perpetuated by your very own government.
    Synonyms
    egging on, urging, goading, spurring on, motivation, persuasion, inducement
  • 2archaic A poultice.

    〈古〉热敷膏药;罨剂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hot fomentations would give great relief, but did not give sufficient rest to the joint to permit of a cure.
    • There is an art to folding and making fomentations work right.
    • Peat baths and peat fomentations have been used since the beginning of time to alleviate pain and disease.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin fomentatio(n-), from the verb fomentare (see foment).

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