powder keg

powder keg

美 　英

• n.危险的局面；一触即发的情势；火药桶
• 网络炸药桶；浑身是胆智多星；火药粉桶

词形变化

复数：powder kegs  

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英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. (金属制)小型火药箱;易爆炸物

英英解释

n.	1. a situation that is dangerous and may become violent

例句

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

在本周早前发表的一项演说中，普京总统称反导弹计划将把欧洲大陆变成一个“火药桶。”

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. "

陈冯富珍：“你可以称之为时间炸弹或火药桶。不管你怎么看，这都是一种潜在爆炸性局势。”

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

要解决世界贫富两极分成化必须的不是同情和怜悯，然而是实际行动。贫穷有可能被我们的漠不关心激化然而变成火药桶。

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

巴尔干地区是个点火就爆炸的火药桶——这固然是老生常谈，但也是千真万确。

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

甚至可以说，它就是一颗定时炸弹或火药桶。

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

以色列向伊朗核设施发动袭击，点燃了“阿拉伯之春”的火药桶。

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

1656年，闪电击中了一个火药箱，破坏了雅典卫城的建筑——幸运的是帕台农神庙安然无恙。

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

陈冯富珍女士在为期三天的部长级卫生会议开幕式上说到：“随便你怎么形容它，定时炸弹也好，火药桶也行。”

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

政府的对金融的干预是通货膨胀的火药桶，现在还看不到结束。

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

在阿马斯的记忆中，那“就像睡在火药桶上”。

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

全球贫困这个火药桶有可能由于我们的漠不关心而点燃。

You're a walking powder keg of repressed material.

你是一个会走路的“压制”火药桶。

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

基辅的居民并不知道他们正住在“炸药桶”上。

Yet the country is also often considered a powder keg.

然而埃及还是经常被视为火药桶。

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

我们有一个火药桶遍及每一个角落，它会变得更糟。

This made the Middle East the powder keg.

这使中东成了一只火药桶。

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

如果火灾达到甲板下方的火药库，还会引发剧烈的爆炸。

It is a powder keg and only needs a trigger.

这是一个只差点燃的火药桶。

A powder keg in south-eastern Turkey

土耳其东南部的火药桶