sow

柯林斯詞典

VERB USES

1. V-T If you sow seeds or sow an area of land with seeds, you plant the seeds in the ground. 播 (種)
Sow the seed in a warm place in February/March. 2/3月里把種子播在溫暖的地方。
2. V-T If someone sows an undesirable feeling or situation, they cause it to begin and develop. 散布
He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals. 他巧妙地在他對(duì)手們的心里布下了疑云。
3. PHRASE If one thing sows the seeds of another, it starts the process which leads eventually to the other thing. 播下某事的種子
Rich industrialized countries have sown the seeds of global warming. 富裕的工業(yè)化國(guó)家已經(jīng)播下了使全球變暖的種子。