tinderbox

tinderbox

美 [ˈtɪndərˌbɑks] 　英 [ˈtɪndə(r)ˌbɒks]

• n.引火盒；一触即发的形势
• 网络易燃物；火绒盒；火绒箱

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

把拥挤的监狱称作一个装满了被压制的暴力的火药筒

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.

也许从东非大裂谷，一个部落的火药桶，在那里工作是稀少的，而土地更为荒凉，到海牙熙熙攘攘的大街有很长的路程。

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

券商FBRCapitalMarkets的保罗-米勒（PaulMiller）说，上述问题正变得越来越像是一个火药桶，因为压力得不到缓解。

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

这意味着，尤其得让中国明白，其长期以来视为战略资产的这个危险之地，已变成了可怕的阻碍。

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

乔斯地处尼日利亚的“中间地带”，冲突一触即发。北部主要为穆斯林，南面主要为基督徒。

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

预计在今年结束时，欧元仍跟年初的时候差不多：在欧债危机影响下上下起伏，同时获得一个可能很脆弱的支持。

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

除去失业者和非正式工作的未充分就业者，再除去务农的，青壮年是政治火药桶。

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义的管制方式又点燃了一个火药桶。

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

寻找打火石时，这种灌木永远都是易燃物的典型。

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，但今天的草地上却是高耸的基地站，还制造了一个“火药箱”。

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

作为俄罗斯新总统，梅德韦杰夫继承了这个火药桶。

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

他的第一本童话故事书于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.

不作为同样需要付出代价：首先，在对抗原本就处于一处即发的地区会发生核扩散；

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

他的著作不涵盖了政治和哲学，还涉及生物科技和那个充满火药味的概念：人性。

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

由历史来看，高的失业率不仅是一个经济问题，还是一个政治导火索。

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

“我把火绒箱忘在房间里了，”士兵自言自语道。

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

“拿到我的火绒箱了吗？”老巫婆问。