powder keg

powder keg

美 　英

  • n.危險的局面；一觸即發的情勢；火藥桶
  • 網絡炸藥桶；渾身是膽智多星；火藥粉桶

詞形變化

復數：powder kegs  

同義詞

英漢雙解

n.
1.
危險的局面；一觸即發的情勢；火藥桶a dangerous situation that may suddenly become very violent

英漢解釋

na.
1.
(金屬制)小型火藥箱;易爆炸物

英英解釋

n.

例句

In a speech earlier this week, President Putin said the anti-missile plan could turn the European continent into a "powder keg. "

在本周早前發表的一項演說中，普京總統稱反導彈計劃將把歐洲大陸變成一個“火藥桶。”

MARGARET CHAN: "Call it what you may, a time bomb or a powder keg. Any way you look at it, this is a potentially explosive situation. "

陳馮富珍：“你可以稱之為時間炸彈或火藥桶。不管你怎么看，這都是一種潛在爆炸性局勢。”

This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.

要解決世界貧富兩極分成化必須的不是同情和憐憫，然而是實際行動。貧窮有可能被我們的漠不關心激化然而變成火藥桶。

It is a stereotype , but none the less true, that the Balkans is a powder keg needing only a single spark to explode.

巴爾干地區是個點火就爆炸的火藥桶——這固然是老生常談，但也是千真萬確。

Call it what you want: a time-bomb or a powder keg.

甚至可以說，它就是一顆定時炸彈或火藥桶。

The Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities threw a lit match into the powder keg of the 'Arab Spring. '

以色列向伊朗核設施發動襲擊，點燃了“阿拉伯之春”的火藥桶。

In 1656, a lightning strike to a powder keg destroyed structures on the Acropolis - but fortunately spared the Parthenon.

1656年，閃電擊中了一個火藥箱，破壞了雅典衛城的建筑——幸運的是帕臺農神廟安然無恙。

"Call it what you may, a timebomb or a powder keg, " Chan said at the opening of the three-day conference of health ministers.

陳馮富珍女士在為期三天的部長級衛生會議開幕式上說到：“隨便你怎么形容它，定時炸彈也好，火藥桶也行。”

Government financial intervention is a powder keg of inflation. There is no end in sight.

政府的對金融的干預是通貨膨脹的火藥桶，現在還看不到結束。

It was, Mr Chanes de Armas remembered, "like sleeping on a powder keg" .

在阿馬斯的記憶中，那“就像睡在火藥桶上”。

Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.

全球貧困這個火藥桶有可能由于我們的漠不關心而點燃。

You're a walking powder keg of repressed material.

你是一個會走路的“壓制”火藥桶。

The residents of Kiev didn't even know they lived on a "powder keg" .

基輔的居民并不知道他們正住在“炸藥桶”上。

Yet the country is also often considered a powder keg.

然而埃及還是經常被視為火藥桶。

We have a powder keg around every corner and it's going to get a lot worse.

我們有一個火藥桶遍及每一個角落，它會變得更糟。

This made the Middle East the powder keg.

這使中東成了一只火藥桶。

If the fire reaches the powder keg below deck, it can also trigger a powerful explosion.

如果火災達到甲板下方的火藥庫，還會引發劇烈的爆炸。

It is a powder keg and only needs a trigger.

這是一個只差點燃的火藥桶。

A powder keg in south-eastern Turkey

土耳其東南部的火藥桶