stir up

基本解釋

Before painting, you should stir up the paint a bit.
漆油漆前，你得把油漆攪拌一下。
Their supporters aimed to stir up tribal animosity against the court—in vain, since ordinary Kenyans still seem to back it.
他們的支持者們打算煽動(dòng)國人仇視法庭——這是徒勞的，因?yàn)榭夏醽喥胀癖娝坪跞匀恢С种缚亍?/li>
Russia may have less interest in Kosovo itself than in the chance to stir up differences between its EU neighbours.
俄羅斯可能對科索沃本身并沒多少興趣，而是想借此激起其與歐盟鄰國之間的分歧。

And if you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.
And it follows from this, Hobbes believes, that the sovereign has the right to decide what opinions, what books, what ideas are conducive to peace and which ones aim simply to stir up war and discontent?
正如前文所說，霍布斯堅(jiān)信，君主有權(quán)決定哪些言論,哪些書籍和哪些主張,是有益于社會(huì)和平,哪些是可能挑起沖突和戰(zhàn)爭的？
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Andif you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.

An excuse for the promotional sharks, both bull and bear, and stir up the waters.
FORBES: Gold At $1,342 Is Taking A Breather

If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around.
If you stir up a particular mood or situation, usually a bad one, you cause it.