hotbed

英 [ˈhɒtbed]

美 [ˈhɑːtbed]

n. (坏事、暴力等的)温床

复数：hotbeds　

TEM8

BNC.32677 / COCA.17295

牛津词典

noun

（坏事、暴力等的）温床
a place where a lot of a particular activity, especially sth bad or violent, is happening
1. The area was a hotbed of crime.
  这个地区是犯罪活动的温床。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （不良活动的）滋长地，温床
If you say that somewhere is ahotbed ofan undesirable activity, you are emphasizing that a lot of the activity is going on there or being started there.
1. ...a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance.
  举世皆知现在是滋生种族褊狭的温床的国家

英英释义

noun

a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
1. it was a hotbed of vice

双语例句

A taxi driver from the area said Souq al-Juma has long been a hotbed of anger toward Gaddafi's government.
一个来自该地区的出租车司机说Souqal-Juma已成为对卡扎菲政府愤怒的滋生地很长时间了。
Party culture is the hotbed which nourishes ambiguous desire and enlightens seductive sparkles between social individuals.
派对文化渴望暧昧温床的滋养，以令社交因子碰撞出诱人火花。
Utah has become a hotbed of economic growth fueled by all the people coming here from California.
犹他州被从加州来的人注入了活力，成了经济增长的温床。
The illegal immigrants lived in a hotbed.
那些非法移民住在设热铺的廉价旅馆里。
As you can see, Europe, especially Eastern Europe, has become a major hotbed for botnets.
正如你所见，欧洲尤其是东欧，已经逐步成为僵尸网络的聚合之地。
Step in her soft soil, the only know life can be such a hotbed of real horizon.
踩在她松软的泥土上，才知道生命的温床可以如此地平实。
The commercial bribe behavior already became breeds economic crimes the and so on the embezzlement, bribe hotbed.
商业贿赂行为已经成为孳生贪污、受贿等经济犯罪的温床。
Northern Australia is a hotbed of exotic animals, including the frilled lizard.
北澳大利亚是奇异动物的温床，包括皱褶蜥蜴。
The area around Guangzhou in southern China – just over the border from Hong Kong – is another hotbed of private enterprise and the banks are focusing on towns such as Zhuhai and Dongguan.
中国南部紧邻香港的广州周边地区是私营企业的另一个温床，外资银行把目光放在了珠海和东莞等城市上。
This area was a hotbed of crime.
这个地区是犯罪活动的温床。