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(人或事物發(fā)展的)有利環(huán)境，溫床
You can refer to a place or a situation as a seedbed when it seems likely that a particular type of thing or person will develop in that place or situation.
例句
TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas...
電視正從廣播節(jié)目中汲取靈感。
My region is a seedbed of crime.
我所在的地區(qū)是犯罪活動(dòng)的溫床。