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fuel n.燃料 vt.加燃料,供以燃料 v.刺激；使变得更糟；使加剧 Fuel can also act as a verb that has several different meanings, all related to stimulating something or providing energy. Your brother might fuel up on whole-wheat bread with peanut butter a few hours before a big game. A teacher assigns readings to fuel meaningful class discussion. Memories of your mom's delicious dinners might fuel your desire to learn to cook. ★★★★☆ 2002.4

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[fju:əl] What do you and your car have in common? You both run on fuel. Whether its gasoline or nutritious food, fuel produces energy to get up and go. On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. in AM, use 美国英语用fueling, fueled1[N-MASS 物质名词]燃料 Fuel is a substance such as coal, oil, or petrol that is burned to provide heat or power. They ran out of fuel.他们的燃料用完了。...industrial research into cleaner fuels.对更清洁燃料的工业研究2[VERB 动词]刺激；使变得更糟；使加剧 To fuel a situation means to make it become worse or more intense.   [V n]  [be V-ed]The result will inevitably fuel speculation about the Prime Minister's future...这一结果将不可避免地加剧人们对首相未来的揣测。The economic boom was fueled by easy credit.宽松的信贷政策刺激了经济繁荣。3[PHRASE 短语](对…)火上浇油 If something adds fuel to a conflict or debate, or adds fuel to the fire, it makes the conflict or debate more intense.   [V inflects]His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate...他的话必将为争论推波助澜。The decision to raise tariffs on imports will only add fuel to the fire.上调进口关税的决定只会火上浇油。

英语单词	fuel
英美音标	[fju:əl]
中文释义	n.燃料 vt.加燃料,供以燃料 v.刺激；使变得更糟；使加剧
vocab简明	What do you and your car have in common? You both run on fuel. Whether its gasoline or nutritious food, fuel produces energy to get up and go.
vocab扩展	Fuel can also act as a verb that has several different meanings, all related to stimulating something or providing energy. Your brother might fuel up on whole-wheat bread with peanut butter a few hours before a big game. A teacher assigns readings to fuel meaningful class discussion. Memories of your mom's delicious dinners might fuel your desire to learn to cook.
真题原句	On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	in AM, use 美国英语用fueling, fueled 1 [N-MASS 物质名词]燃料 Fuel is a substance such as coal, oil, or petrol that is burned to provide heat or power. They ran out of fuel. 他们的燃料用完了。 ...industrial research into cleaner fuels. 对更清洁燃料的工业研究 2 [VERB 动词]刺激；使变得更糟；使加剧 To fuel a situation means to make it become worse or more intense. [V n] [be V-ed] The result will inevitably fuel speculation about the Prime Minister's future... 这一结果将不可避免地加剧人们对首相未来的揣测。 The economic boom was fueled by easy credit. 宽松的信贷政策刺激了经济繁荣。 3 [PHRASE 短语](对…)火上浇油 If something adds fuel to a conflict or debate, or adds fuel to the fire, it makes the conflict or debate more intense. [V inflects] His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate... 他的话必将为争论推波助澜。 The decision to raise tariffs on imports will only add fuel to the fire. 上调进口关税的决定只会火上浇油。
来源	2002.4

Fuel Debate Fueled Intense [V Adds Conflict Fju:əl