Hayley教口語(yǔ)，“火上澆油”用英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？

fuel是油，fire是火焰，add fuel to the fire的意思是“火上澆油，讓情況變得更糟”。

The phrase add fuel to the fire means when you do or say something that makes a miserable situation even worse. Adding fuel to the fire means to make a situation or conflict intensify, especially via provocative comments.

add fuel to the fire這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思是你做了或說(shuō)了一些讓事情變得更糟的事情，使形勢(shì)或沖突加劇，特別是通過(guò)挑釁的評(píng)論。

The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.

人們發(fā)現(xiàn)政府對(duì)這起隱瞞事件早已知情，這真是火上澆油。