柯林斯詞典breeding ground (breeding grounds) 1. N-COUNT If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such as crime, you mean that this thing can easily develop in that situation or place. (罪惡等)滋生的土壤; 溫床[usu sing, with supp, usu N 'for' n] Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals. 制度中的漏洞給金融丑聞的滋生提供了土壤。2. N-COUNT The breeding ground for a particular type of creature is the place where this creature breeds easily. (適合某生物的)繁殖地[with supp] Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria. 溫牛奶是細菌理想的繁殖地。 返回 breeding ground劍橋詞典a place where animals breed and produce their babies (動物的)繁殖地 These animals always return to the same breeding ground . 這些動物總是回到同一個地方繁殖。 a place where something develops easily , especially something unpleasant (尤指壞事的)滋生地 Poor housing conditions are breeding grounds for crime . 糟糕的居住環(huán)境滋生犯罪。 返回 breeding ground