time bomb

英 美
  • n.定时炸弹；潜在的爆炸性局势
  • bomb n.炸弹vt.轰炸；投弹于vi.投弹；失败
  • time n.时间；时代；时期；倍；次数；节拍v.为…安排时间；计时；[体]在某一时刻击球adj.时间的；定时的；分期（付款）的；定期的

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed;

    "India is a demographic time bomb"
    "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"

  2. a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time

双语例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Ed's temper is like a time bomb waiting to go off.
      埃德的脾气有如一个随时准备爆炸的定时炸弹。
    2. A time bombexploded twenty minutes after the plane took off.
      飞机起飞后二十分钟一枚定时炸弹爆炸了。

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