1 PHRASAL VERB 扬起(灰尘);卷起(泥浆) If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around. 扬起(灰尘);卷起(泥浆) [Also VERB PREPOSITION n (not pron)]
SYN produce, make, cause, create
2 PHRASAL VERB 挑起，引起(不愉快的情绪或事态) If you stir up a particular mood or situation, usually a bad one, you cause it. 挑起，引起(不愉快的情绪或事态) [disapproval]
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As usual, Harriet is trying to stir up trouble. [VERB PREP. noun]
像往常一样，哈丽雅特正试图找麻烦。
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He said senior government officials were trying to stir up ethnic tension. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他说政府高级官员们正在试图挑起紧张的种族局势。
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I thought at first that Jay had been stirring things up. [VERB noun PREP.]
我起初认为杰伊一直在挑起事端。
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