| 词汇 | time-bomb |
| 释义 | time bomb noun[ Cusually singular ] (alsotimebomb)uk /ˈtaɪm ˌbɒm/ us /ˈtaɪm ˌbɑːm/ time bombnoun[C usually singular] (BOMB)a bomb containing a device that makes it explode at a particular time: 定时炸弹 They dropped a couple of time bombs to destroy the factory. She is like a ticking timebomb waiting to explode. Time bombs began to explode all over the city. Police said the time bombs went off early on Monday morning. Some viruses behave like timebombs, hiding their presence and destructiveness until they have had a chance to spread. Bombs & missiles anti-mine anti-missile anti-radar anti-satellite anti-ship daisy cutter defuse depth charge dirty bomb enrich limpet mine minefield missile Molotov cocktail mortar silo smart bomb smoke bomb submunition superbomb time bombnoun[C usually singular] (DIFFICULT SITUATION)a situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control: 潜在危险；隐患 By ignoring the wishes of their employees, the managers are setting/creating a time bomb for themselves.忽视了雇员的愿望，管理人员等于是在给自己埋下／制造一颗定时炸弹。 The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).监狱长们如同正坐在定时炸弹上。 We are facing the demographic time bomb of a rapidly ageing population. The sector has known about this timebomb for some time. He must do something to ease financial pressures or we face a debt timebomb about to explode. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall prison purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom time bomb | American Dictionarytime bomb noun[ C ] us/ˈtɑɪm ˌbɑm/ a bomb attached to a device that will make it explode at a particular time A time bomb is also a developing situation that will cause serious problems in the future if it is not stopped: He has the kind of nasty attitude toward management that is a time bomb in any work situation. |
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