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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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.

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

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He said Bush was trying to foment tensions in the Persian Gulf over the Strait of Hormuz confrontation.

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