释义
take action that is intended to prevent trouble, but which actually brings it about
播下（本欲防止麻烦而实际上却带来麻烦的）祸种，种下祸根。
双语例句
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She will sow dragon's teeth among the resentful middle class.
她将在恼怒的中产阶级间挑起纠纷。
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But the danger is that she will try, that she will sow dragon's teeth among the resentful middle class, that she will , in short, sharpen appetites that cannot satisfy.
但是危险在于，她将会做出努力，她将在恼怒的中产阶级间挑起纠纷。 简言之，她将调高胃口而无法满足。