每日一詞 46 fan the flames：煽風(fēng)點(diǎn)火

今天學(xué)的詞組是fan the flames。煽子和火?生煤爐?現(xiàn)在沒有人用煤爐了!對(duì)，fan the flames是指煽風(fēng)點(diǎn)火，煽動(dòng)情緒。美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)克林頓因記者提的問題而非常生氣。這記者說：I don't think I am fanning the flames here。我不是想煽動(dòng)情緒。

一般都是已經(jīng)有些問題，經(jīng)別人一煽動(dòng)，事情就更糟，"To fan the flames would often make the situation even worse." 夫妻倆感情本來就有些問題，再加上婆婆一煽動(dòng)， "with a mother-in-law fanning the flames, the couple finally divorced," 夫妻終于離婚。另一對(duì)夫婦也有矛盾，兒子對(duì)媽媽說："Yes, we have problems, but you don't need to fan the flames," 你不必再來煽動(dòng)了。今天學(xué)的詞組是fan the flames...