"it was a hotbed of vice"
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N-COUNT If you say that somewhere is a hotbed of an undesirable activity, you are emphasizing that a lot of the activity is going on there or being started there. (不良活动的)温床 [with supp, usu N 'of' n] [强调]
...a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance.
...一个现已举世皆知的、作为种族歧视温床的国家.
You see, there have been hotbeds of creativity throughout history.
你看，创意的温床始终存在于历史的长河。
According to Ji, these crude public toilets were hotbeds for fly reproduction and disease.
他认为，这些简陋的公共厕所是苍蝇繁殖和传播疾病的温床。
Creative centres such as Hollywood and Silicon Valley are also hotbeds of payment-by-results.
类似于好莱坞和硅谷这样的创意中心同时不也是流行着“看成果付钱”吗？
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