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单词 ferment
释义 ferment¹ /fəˈment/
🄰 vi.
1.liquid, substance +发酵

Yeast is added to the milk to make it ferment.在牛奶中加入酵母使其发酵。

2.trouble, unrest +酝酿;骚动

The trouble fermented more and more.麻烦越积越多。

🄱 vt.
1.+ substance使发酵

Manufacturers ferment the yeast to produce a more concentrated product.制造商让酵母发酵以生产出浓度更高的产品。

2.+ trouble, unrest挑起;激起

They can cause revolts in enemy provinces by fermenting unrest.通过挑起骚动, 他们可以在敌方省份制造叛乱。

ferment² /ˈfɜːment/ n.
1.(turmoil)骚动;动乱;动荡

the political and intellectual ferment of the Revolution革命时期的政治和思想骚动

to be in ferment处于动荡之中

The whole campus was in ferment.整个校园处于骚动状态。

political ferment政治动乱

The country is in a state of political ferment.该国处于政治动荡之中。

2.<古>(substance)酵素;酶
Usage Note
foment和ferment都可以表示“激起、挑起、煽动”,例如: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest(他被指控挑起动乱))。但只有ferment可用作不及物动词或名词,例如: his anger con tinued to ferment(他的愤怒越来越强烈),rural areas were unaffected by the ferment in the cities(农村地区没有受到城市动乱的影响)。
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