time bomb

常見例句

The tasks facing Japan are staggering. But a country does not live on a geological time bomb without some accommodation by the national psyche.
雖然日本任重道遠(yuǎn)，但是処在這樣一個危機(jī)重重地地理位置上，日本人的國民性必然有所適應(yīng)。
The bomb consists of countries that have a combination of budget deficit and borrowings relative to GDP which puts them into the category “Time Bomb” or high risk of default.
這個炸彈的入選國的債務(wù)相對於GDP都非常高，隨時都可能爆炸或主權(quán)違約。
Shortly after, a video uploaded on the Web shows a hooded man hanging in mid-air with a time bomb in plain sight. The message onscreen taunts the police to rescue the victim in time.
不久後，網(wǎng)路上載了一段錄影，畫麪中是一個被綁在空中的矇麪人，房內(nèi)赫然放置一個計(jì)時炸彈，錄影透出信息，挑戰(zhàn)警方在限時內(nèi)救出受害者。
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It is a ticking time bomb for the federal budget.
I don't know whether they had intelligence of recent the car bomb in Time Square.
我不知道他們最近有沒有搜集,時代廣場的汽車炸彈的情報(bào)。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節(jié)選

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