time bomb
近义词：threat，infernalmachine，
英英释义
Noun
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed;
"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
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Ed's temper is like a time bomb waiting to go off.埃德的脾气有如一个随时准备爆炸的定时炸弹。
- A time bombexploded twenty minutes after the plane took off.飞机起飞后二十分钟一枚定时炸弹爆炸了。