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月裡把種子播在溫煖的地方。
2. V-T If someone sows an undesirable feeling or situation, they cause it to begin and develop. 散佈
He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals. 他巧妙地在他對手們的心裡佈下了疑雲(yún)。
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)化國家已經(jīng)播下了使全球變煖的種子。