1N-COUNT [usually singular](犯罪等滋生的)温床 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. (犯罪等滋生的)温床
Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals. [+ for]
体制中存在的缺陷为金融丑闻的出现提供了土壤。
The current political turbulence represents the ideal breeding ground for this sort of collapse in consumer confidence.
目前政治环境的动荡是消费者丧失信心的根本原因。
2N-COUNT (生物的)滋生地,繁殖地 The breeding ground for a particular type of creature is the place where this creature breeds easily. (生物的)滋生地,繁殖地
Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.