I was initially hostile to that campaign, since it seemed likely to foment jealousy - a fairly useless emotion.

起初我对这项活动充满敌意，因为它似乎会引起相当无用的嫉妒之心。

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The Uranian side of many Aquarians is predominant, and they are iconoclasts in one way or another. They foment rebellion - figuratively or literally - because Uranus drives them to seek freedom.

水瓶座天王星的一面是支配性的，他们在一种或另一种形式上成为一个传统的叛逆者。他们煽动谋反—象征性地或切实的—因为天王星驱使他们寻求自由。

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U.S.officials are concerned such a prolonged political process will create an opening for al-Qaida to try to foment ethnic strife, just as tens of thousands of U.S.troops are scheduled to be leaving Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Bulgaria has similarly resisted extremist pressures to foment trouble with its simpatico Slavic brothers in Macedonia.

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These hard-core Saddamists are trying to foment anti-democratic sentiment amongst the larger Sunni community.

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