tinderbox

tinderbox

[ˈtɪndəbɒks]

n.火绒箱，易燃物，潜伏着暴乱或战争危险的人;

复数： tinderboxes

例句:

1、

Dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode.

都柏林市现在就像一个马上要爆炸的火药桶.

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2、

This political tinderbox threatened to split the New Republic, but cooler heads prevailed.

这个政治性火药桶一度使新共和国遭受分裂的威胁, 但最终冷静的政治家控制了事态.

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3、

He took the money and the tinderbox and went to a town.

士兵带着钱以及火绒箱走到一座城镇。

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