foment; foment discord;sow discord; instigate; incite; stir up trouble 他们竭力～和利用，从中混水摸鱼。They try their best to foment discord and take advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters./竭尽～离间之能事stop at nothing to sow discord/～战争的阴谋plots to provoke war/～离间sow dissension; foment discord: incite (or play off)one against the other;drive a wedge between…