tinderbox

tinderbox

美 [?t?nd?r?bɑks] 　英 [?t?nd?(r)?b?ks]

• n.引火盒；一觸即發的形勢
• 網絡易燃物；火絨盒；火絨箱

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Referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.

把擁擠的監獄稱作一個裝滿了被壓制的暴力的火藥筒

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.

也許從東非大裂谷，一個部落的火藥桶，在那里工作是稀少的，而土地更為荒涼，到海牙熙熙攘攘的大街有很長的路程。

'Those pressure points are becoming more of a tinderbox because there is no relief, ' said Paul Miller of FBR Capital Markets.

券商FBRCapitalMarkets的保羅-米勒（PaulMiller）說，上述問題正變得越來越像是一個火藥桶，因為壓力得不到緩解。

That means, in particular, making China see that a tinderbox it has long regarded as a strategic asset has become an appalling liability.

這意味著，尤其得讓中國明白，其長期以來視為戰略資產的這個危險之地，已變成了可怕的阻礙。

Jos is a tinderbox that sits in Nigeria's "middle belt" , between the country's predominantly Muslim north and largely Christian south.

喬斯地處尼日利亞的“中間地帶”，沖突一觸即發。北部主要為穆斯林，南面主要為基督徒。

The euro is poised to finish the year much where it began: whipsawed by Europe's debt tinderbox while holding to potentially flimsy support.

預計在今年結束時，歐元仍跟年初的時候差不多：在歐債危機影響下上下起伏，同時獲得一個可能很脆弱的支持。

Left out of work or underemployed in the informal sector and subsistence farming, they are a political tinderbox.

除去失業者和非正式工作的未充分就業者，再除去務農的，青壯年是政治火藥桶。

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義的管制方式又點燃了一個火藥桶。

This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint.

尋找打火石時，這種灌木永遠都是易燃物的典型。

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，但今天的草地上卻是高聳的基地站，還制造了一個“火藥箱”。

As Russia's new president, Mr. Medvedev inherits this tinderbox.

作為俄羅斯新總統，梅德韋杰夫繼承了這個火藥桶。

His first book of fairy tales was published in 1835, included "The Princess on the Pea" and "The Tinderbox" .

他的第一本童話故事書于1835年出版，其中包括《豌豆上的公主》和《打火匣》。

But doing nothing also has costs. One is nuclear proliferation in a region that is already a tinderbox of rivalry.

不作為同樣需要付出代價：首先，在對抗原本就處于一處即發的地區會發生核擴散；

His books have taken on not only politics and philosophy, but also biotechnology and that tinderbox of an idea: human nature.

他的著作不涵蓋了政治和哲學，還涉及生物科技和那個充滿火藥味的概念：人性。

History implies that high unemployment is not just an economic problem but also a political tinderbox.

由歷史來看，高的失業率不僅是一個經濟問題，還是一個政治導火索。

I have forgotten my tinderbox in my room, " the soldier said to himself" .

“我把火絨箱忘在房間里了，”士兵自言自語道。

"Have you got my tinderbox? " asked the old witch.

“拿到我的火絨箱了嗎？”老巫婆問。