柯林斯詞典time bomb (also time-bomb) (time bombs) 1. N-COUNT A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time. 定時(shí)炸彈2. N-COUNT 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. 潛在破壞因素[oft adj N] Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialized world. 失業(yè)正成爲(wèi)工業(yè)化社會(huì)中的一種社會(huì)性潛在破壞因素。 返回 time bomb劍橋詞典 time bomb noun [C usually singular] (BOMB) a bomb containing a device that makes it explode at a particular time 定時(shí)炸彈 time bomb noun [C usually singular] (DIFFICULT SITUATION) a situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control 潛在危險(xiǎn)；隱患 By ignoring the wishes of their employees , the managers are setting/creating a time bomb for themselves. 忽眡了雇員的願(yuàn)望，琯理人員等於是在給自己埋下／制造一顆定時(shí)炸彈。 The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control ). 監(jiān)獄長(zhǎng)們?nèi)缤诙〞r(shí)炸彈上。 返回 time bomb