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time bomb

时间炸弹,时空炸弹,时空弹,时光炸弹

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bomb constructed so as to explode at a certain time.
    • : a situation, condition, etc., resembling such a bomb in having disastrous consequences in the future.

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Examples

  • That’s the only way to defuse the ticking time bomb that is Nigeria before it explodes on all of us.

  • This image feeds into fears of crime, violence and social unrest in which people who are jobless are cast as a “ticking time bomb” that poses a threat to a country’s stability.

  • Here’s How to End itBut the conflict in Yemen also helps explain why so little has been done to address the ticking time bomb on its shores.

  • Inside was a time bomb set to explode in 15 minutes, Widmer wrote.

  • Kushel said that the the realities and risks associated with a large-scale shelter amounted to a ticking time bomb, even with commendable efforts to protect Convention Center residents.

  • Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.

  • But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.

  • Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

  • “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  • As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.

  • It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'

  • The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

  • About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.

  • I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

  • Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.