time bomb是什么意思

2024-01-04 04:12:17

time bomb

美英

近义词：threat，infernalmachine，

Noun

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

用作名词(n.)

Eds 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。
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。