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tin·der·box 英ˈtɪndəˌbɒks美ˈtɪndɚˌbɑksAHDtĭnʹdər-bŏks' ☆☆☆☆☆高COCA⁶⁰²⁶³BNC⁸⁶⁶⁶⁰⁺⁹iWeb⁴⁴⁹⁴³ 基本英英记法近义反义例句例句 n.火绒箱⁵⁶;易燃物²⁸;容易生气的人¹⁶复数tinderboxes Noun: a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence;the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe a box for holding tindertinderbox-尖锐|酸|含氧的⇒n.火绒箱⁵⁶;易燃物²⁸;容易生气的人¹⁶近义词 volcano火山crucible柑锅flashpoint燃点no-go area禁区time bomb定时炸弹
名词100% 用作名词But the old witch would not tell him how to use thetinderbox.但是老巫婆仍然不肯告诉他该如何使用火绒箱。 Suddenly he remembered that there was a candle in thetinderbox.突然间,他想起火绒箱里有一根蜡烛。 This shrub is a typical example of atinderboxperennially 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。 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。 ecocn The mystics said that Lester had started the blaze himself with a bad dream, Lester’s nightmare a spark, the house a tinderbox. 神秘主义者说,是莱斯特自己用恶梦点燃了火,他的恶梦是火星,他家屋子则是燃料箱。 yeeyan “Have you got my tinderbox?” asked the old witch. “拿到我的火绒箱了吗?”老巫婆问。 http://mysearch.100e.com Although most realised that what happened was an accident, in the tinderbox of Iraqi politics there were fears that such a huge loss to one community could lead to a backlash against Sunni Muslims. 大多数人知道这次只是意外事件,然而脆弱的伊拉克政坛充斥着一种隐忧:如此大规模的单方面群死事件会导致日后对逊尼派穆斯林不利。 cosmoscape 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。 blog.sina.com.cn 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; ecocn Dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode. 都柏林市现在就像一个马上要爆炸的火药桶。 douban 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。 yeeyan His first book of fairy tales was published in1835, 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》。 neworldedu 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。 ecocn Human activities have turned the world's third-largest rain- forest region into a tinderbox that climate change will ignite, New Scientist magazine reported. 据《新科学人》杂志报道,人类活动已将世界第三大雨林区变成气候变化的火药桶。 chinadialogue 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。 http://mysearch.100e.com Impoverished Armenia, the tiniest of the former Soviet countries, hugs the southern tip of the tinderbox Caucasus region that lies between the Caspian and Black seas. 贫穷的前苏联加盟共和国亚美尼亚毗邻位于里海与黑海之间,被称为火药桶的高加索南部地区。 yeeyan In this volatile America, this tinderbox of a world, President Kennedy led with a steadying hand, defusing the most perilous crisis of the Cold War without firing a single shot. 在这个动荡的美国,在这个战争一触即发的地区,肯尼迪总统以稳健之手担纲,不费一枪一弹化解了冷战时期最危险的危机。 hjenglish 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. 东非裂谷与海牙的平整街道或许有天壤之别,这里是部落战争的火药桶,工作机会非常稀少,土地甚至更加有限。 ecocn Russia’s population is shrinking by700, 000 a year. And its neocolonial methods of governance in the north Caucasus have created a tinderbox. 俄罗斯人口一年下来减少了700,000.而它在北高加索的新殖民主义手段则点燃了一个火药桶。 yeeyan 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。 ecocn Unlike in Asia, where China pursues tinderbox land disputes, the objectives here are overwhelmingly economic— securing vital commodities while selling cheap manufactured goods. 在亚洲,中国纠缠于国土纠纷的火药桶,而与亚洲不同,非洲的目标则毫无异议是经济上的,能在贩卖便宜的制造业商品的同时获得重要的矿产。 yeeyan When another spark lit the tinderbox this month, it was all over— though not before another hundred had died. 当本月另一火花引燃了这个火药箱,一切都结束了——虽然不久前另有百来人死亡。 ecocn |