stoke: to make a feeling stronger
进阶：动词，基本意思是给...添煤（或柴火），也经常引申用来表示鼓动、加剧，和我们的中文煽风点火是一个意思，是个常见的形象表达。
The Yico Zeng controversy has stoked public outrage.
油价上涨加剧了通货膨胀 Rising oil prices stoked inflation.
当我们想表示推波助澜、带节奏时也可以用stoke.
The influencer was accused of helping hatred and violence.
《经济学人》用例：
1） Policy makers must eliminate this panic, not stoke it.
2) WhatsApp has also been used by political operatives in India, its largest market, to stoke religious and nationalist fury.
3) Calibra, whose integration into Messenger and WhatsApp will initially make it the dominant wallet, is bound to stoke competition concerns.
应用篇：
1） 翻译：不断上升的房价加剧了人们的恐惧
Growing property prices have stoked fear.
2) 造句：border issue 加剧了两国之间的紧张。
The border issues have stoked tensions between the two countries.
