英语词汇“time bomb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

time bomb

also time-bomb

Word forms: time bombs

1. countable noun

A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time.

2. countable noun [oft adjective NOUN]

If you describe something as a time 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.

This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election.

Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world.

Translations:

Chinese: 定时炸弹

Japanese: 時限爆弾

单词	time bomb
释义	time bomb also time-bomb Word forms: time bombs 1. countable noun A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time. 2. countable noun [oft adjective NOUN] If you describe something as a time 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. This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election. Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world. Translations: Chinese: 定时炸弹 Japanese: 時限爆弾
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