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Meaning of 推波助澜

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推 tuī 波 bō 助 zhù 澜 lán (Trad.: 推波助瀾)
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire
Example Sentences
1
张教授说
,
全球化也对这种转变推波助澜
。
Globalization has also contributed to the shift, said Zhang.
2
一些对犯罪状况的恐慌心理是由保安公司的推波助澜造成的
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因为对他们的生意有好处
。
Some of the hysteria about crime in South Africa is fuelled by security companies, because it's good for (their) business.
3
令人惊奇的是
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缺少确凿的证据证明加强公司管理会真的有好处
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能给股东带来更高的回报
。
这就为公司管理的争论推波助澜
。
The controversy over corporate governance has been fuelled by a surprising lack of conclusive evidence that improving it actually pays, in the form of higher returns to shareholders.
4
一些交易员说
,
他的话
,
连同欧洲债务危机等其他因素
,
对市场的暴跌起了推波助澜的作用
。
Some traders said his comments contributed to the steep market decline, along with other factors such as the Europe debt crisis.
5
不过
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如果信贷违约掉期并非过去一年中动乱的导火索
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在某些方面
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它们也起到推波助澜的作用
。
But if credit swaps were not a primary cause of the past year' s conflagrations, they were, in certain respects, an accelerant.