今天我们要学的词是fuel。 Fuel, 做为动词，有刺激的意思。"The basketball player put his house up for sale, fueling speculation that he is being traded," 这个篮球队员正在卖房子，大家因此猜测，他可能要被球队换走。美国驻阿富汗的一位外交官提出辞职，"He believes the war is simply fueling the insurgency," 因为他认为，这场战争反而造成了反叛活动的继续。

联合国警告说，"The smuggling of Afghan opiates is fueling drug use along trafficking routes from Iran to Central Asia," 阿富汗的鸦片走私刺激了从伊朗到中亚地区走私路线沿途的吸毒活动。好的，今天我们学习的词是fuel...