| 单词 | hot potato |
| 释义 | hot potatoWord family adverbhotlyhotfootnounhotnesshotterhottiehottinghot airhot-air balloonhotbedhot buttonhot flushhotheadhothousehothousinghot keyhot pantshotplatehotpothot rodhotshothotspothot springHotspurhot tubhot-water bottleadjectivehottishhot-bloodedhotheadedhot-temperedhotverbhot-wire ˌhot poˈtato noun [countableC] a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry 棘手的问题，烫手山芋 The issue has become a political hot potato. 该问题已经成了政治上的烫手山芋。 Examples from the Corpus hot potato• That's when you see the Colonel and his council playing pass-the-parcel with a hot potato.• And Ireland was the sort of hot potato a Bagshaw feared most.• It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.• Euthanasia for terminally ill patients is a political hot potato. political hot potato• It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run. |
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