fuel: something that fuels a feeling or a type of behavior increases or strengthens it
进阶篇： fuel 作为名词表示燃料，作为动词表示“为...提供燃料”，“使加剧”，有种火上浇油的画面感。
政府对于某些公共时间的回应避重就轻，含糊其辞，网友们对此非常不满：
The government's equivocal response has fueled anger among netizens.
这几年流行一个词 FOMO, 即Fear of Missing Out，中文叫作 错失恐惧症。
比如我们经常逛朋友圈，总怕自己错过了什么。
People's fear of missing out is fueled by social media.
fuel 后面经常接表示有负向含义的名词，不过也可以接正向含义的词。
《纽约客》
Page, Google's co-founder and chief executive, often complained that the company has become bloated, and had lost the hacker mentality that had fuelled its initial success.
《经济学人》用例：
Intensified meetings in recent weeks had fuelled the impression that an agreement was in the offering.
That has fuelled speculation that China might use its currency as a weapon in the trade war.
It has also fuelled competition among banks, slashing margins and pushing many towards exit.
Some locals may profit, but gold smuggling fuels violence in the country's large, unstable neighbor.
应用篇：
1） 翻译： 强国之间的竞争刺激了科技创新。
The superpower rivalry has fuelled technological innovation.
2） 造句：禁止堕胎法案
The most restrictive abortion law in Alabama fulled the ongoing debates about women's right.
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