学个词Learn a Word 第844期 Fuel

今天我们要学的词是fuel。 Fuel, 做为动词，有刺激的意思。"The basketball player put his house up for sale, fueling speculation¹ that he is being traded," 这个篮球队员正在卖房子，大家因此猜测，他可能要被球队换走。美国驻阿富汗的一位外交官提出辞职，"He believes the war is simply fueling the insurgency," 因为他认为，这场战争反而造成了反叛活动的继续。
联合国警告说，"The smuggling² of Afghan opiates is fueling drug use along trafficking routes from Iran to Central Asia," 阿富汗的鸦片走私刺激了从伊朗到中亚地区走私路线沿途的吸毒活动。好的，今天我们学习的词是fuel...

 

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。