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单词 tinderbox
释义

tinderbox

美 [?t?nd?r?bɑks]
英 [?t?nd?(r)?b?ks]
  • n.引火盒;一触即发的形势
  • 网络易燃物;火绒盒;火绒箱
复数:tinderboxes  
n.
flashpoint,crucible,volcano,no-go area,time bomb
tinderbox
n.
1.
(旧时点火用的)火绒盒,引火盒a box containing dry material, used in the past for lighting a fire
2.
一触即发的形势a situation that is likely to become dangerous

例句

释义:
1.
Referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.
把拥挤的监狱称作一个装满了被压制的暴力的火药筒
dict.bioon.com
2.
It may be a long way from the Rift Valley, a tribal tinderbox where jobs are scarce and land even scarcer, to the tidy streets of The Hague.
也许从东非大裂谷,一个部落的火药桶,在那里工作是稀少的,而土地更为荒凉,到海牙熙熙攘攘的大街有很长的路程。
bbs.cnesa.net
3.
'Those pressure points are becoming more of a tinderbox because there is no relief, ' said Paul Miller of FBR Capital Markets.
券商FBRCapitalMarkets的保罗-米勒(PaulMiller)说,上述问题正变得越来越像是一个火药桶,因为压力得不到缓解。
chinese.wsj.com
4.
That means, in particular, making China see that a tinderbox it has long regarded as a strategic asset has become an appalling liability.
这意味着,尤其得让中国明白,其长期以来视为战略资产的这个危险之地,已变成了可怕的阻碍。
www.ecocn.org
5.
Jos is a tinderbox that sits in Nigeria's "middle belt" , between the country's predominantly Muslim north and largely Christian south.
乔斯地处尼日利亚的“中间地带”,冲突一触即发。北部主要为穆斯林,南面主要为基督徒。
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6.
The euro is poised to finish the year much where it began: whipsawed by Europe's debt tinderbox while holding to potentially flimsy support.
预计在今年结束时,欧元仍跟年初的时候差不多:在欧债危机影响下上下起伏,同时获得一个可能很脆弱的支持。
chinese.wsj.com
7.
Left out of work or underemployed in the informal sector and subsistence farming, they are a political tinderbox.
除去失业者和非正式工作的未充分就业者,再除去务农的,青壮年是政治火药桶。
bbs.ecocn.org
8.
And its neocolonial methods of governance in the north Caucasus have created a tinderbox.
而在北高加索其新殖民主义的管制方式又点燃了一个火药桶。
www.bing.com
9.
This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint.
寻找打火石时,这种灌木永远都是易燃物的典型。
www.ecocn.org
10.
The cattle he ran kept the valley grazed , but today the grass stands thigh-high, creating a tinderbox.
他曾在山谷里放牧,但今天的草地上却是高耸的基地站,还制造了一个“火药箱”。
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1.
As Russia's new president, Mr. Medvedev inherits this tinderbox.
作为俄罗斯新总统,梅德韦杰夫继承了这个火药桶。
www.stnn.cc
2.
His first book of fairy tales was published in 1835, included "The Princess on the Pea" and "The Tinderbox" .
他的第一本童话故事书于1835年出版,其中包括《豌豆上的公主》和《打火匣》。
en.neworldedu.org
3.
But doing nothing also has costs. One is nuclear proliferation in a region that is already a tinderbox of rivalry.
不作为同样需要付出代价:首先,在对抗原本就处于一处即发的地区会发生核扩散;
www.ecocn.org
4.
His books have taken on not only politics and philosophy, but also biotechnology and that tinderbox of an idea: human nature.
他的著作不涵盖了政治和哲学,还涉及生物科技和那个充满火药味的概念:人性。
www.bing.com
5.
History implies that high unemployment is not just an economic problem but also a political tinderbox.
由历史来看,高的失业率不仅是一个经济问题,还是一个政治导火索。
www.ecocn.org
6.
I have forgotten my tinderbox in my room, " the soldier said to himself" .
“我把火绒箱忘在房间里了,”士兵自言自语道。
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7.
"Have you got my tinderbox? " asked the old witch.
“拿到我的火绒箱了吗?”老巫婆问。
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