参考词典中time bomb的常规释义:
基本释义
- 定时炸弹,潜在威胁
参考例句
- The police defused a time bomb in the building.
警察在那幢大楼里拆除了一枚定时炸弹
- The police defused a time bomb in the building.
英英解释
2个名词解释
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
[同] ticking bomb, time bomb
[例]- India is a demographic time bomb
- the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off
- a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
[同] infernal machine, time bomb
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