This poisonous combination could fuel instability rather than assuage it.
这种有害的结合只会激起而不是减轻不稳定。
※The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.——Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer笨人对聪明人的嫉妒常因“他们不会善终”的猜测而得以减弱。英国作家 毕尔博姆爵士 M