time bomb

英 [ˈtaɪm bɒm]

美 [ˈtaɪm bɑːm]

n.  ***; 潜在危险; 隐患

法律

牛津词典

noun

• ***
  a bomb that can be set to explode at a particular time
• 潜在危险；隐患
  a situation that is likely to cause serious problems in the future
  1. Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.
     日益严重的失业问题对政府来说是一枚政治上的***。

柯林斯词典

• ***
  Atime bombis a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time.
• N-COUNT 潜在的严重问题
  If you describe something as atime bomb, you mean that it is likely to have a serious effect on a person or situation at a later date, especially if you think it will cause a lot of damage.
  1. This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election...
     这个议案是政坛的一颗***，足以使现任政府输掉下次竞选。
  2. Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world.
     失业问题在工业化国家日益严重，演化成了社会上的一颗***。

英英释义

noun

• a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
  Synonym:infernal machine
• a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
  1. India is a demographic time bomb
  2. the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off
  Synonym:ticking bomb

双语例句

• This challenge is compounded by the population time bomb.
  这种挑战和人口这颗***结合到一起了。
• Stranding us on a road with one-way traffic, the city of Colombo has been turned into one big time bomb.
  我们被困在不许转向的单行道上，科伦坡也变成了一个巨大的***。
• The young man was a walking time bomb.
  这个年轻人是一个活动***。
• In addition to her Time Bomb ability, the Mothership also has a special attack that she can employ against ground targets.
  除了“子弹时间力场”外，“母舰”还拥有一个特殊的攻击地面目标的能力。
• The issue is a political time bomb waiting to explode.
  该问题是个尚未爆炸的政治***。
• The first of these is the time bomb.
  第一个技能就是时间***。
• The police defused a time bomb in the building.
  警察在那幢大楼里拆除了一枚***。
• The criminal has admitted to putting the time bomb inside the railway station.
  罪犯已供认是他把***安放在火车站里的。
• Doctors in Britain are warning of an obesity time bomb, when children who are already overweight grow up.
  英国的医生在警告说，当现在已经超重的孩子们长大成人时，有一***&肥胖症。
• The ticking time bomb mentioned earlier ( for the case when a JAR is moved to a new environment which cannot satisfy all its dependencies) is dealt with by effectively removing the fuse.
  前面提到过的滴答作响的***（针对一个JAR被移动到一个不能满足其所有依赖项要求的新环境的情况）被通过移除保险丝而拆除。