温床 (wēn chuáng) — (agriculture) hotbed, a heated bed for raising seedlings; (figurative) breeding ground, place where something (esp. negative) flourishes
Definição
Literally a 'warm bed' for seedlings; figuratively, the conditions that let something (usually bad) grow and spread. The figurative sense is the one learners will meet most often.
noun
(agriculture) hotbeda heated bed for raising seedlings(figurative) breeding groundplace where something (esp. negative) flourishes
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Exemplos
- 温床。Nóng mín zài wēn chuáng shàng péi yù shū cài yòu miáo.Farmers grow vegetable seedlings in hotbeds.
- 温床。Fǔ bài shì shè huì dòng dàng de wēn chuáng.Corruption is a breeding ground for social unrest.
- 温床。Zhè zhǒng huán jìng chéng le fàn zuì de wēn chuáng.This kind of environment becomes a hotbed of crime.
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