| 单词 | tinderbox |
| 释义 | tinderbox noun[C] uk/ˈtɪn.də.bɒks/us/ˈtɪn.dɚ.bɑːks/adangerousanduncontrolledsituationin whichviolenceislikelytohappen: （可能发生暴乱的）危险局势Theracialtensionin theareamakes it a tinderboxreadytoignite.这个地区的种族紧张局势一触即发。 Social order & disorder
tinderbox| American Dictionarytinderbox noun[C] us/ˈtɪn·dərˌbɑks/asituationorplacewheresuddenviolenceislikely: Thepressseemstoencourageviolencein anareathat is already a tinderbox. Examplesoftinderboxtinderbox Two-thirds of our under-18s out of work could transform every city centre in the country into atinderbox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the problems in the middle east are of such a nature that we are living in atinderbox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is atinderbox, and it has the capacity to spread. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As was said earlier, they work in atinderboxenvironment, which puts tremendous stress and strain on them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, they are the most likelytinderbox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The present regime of slopping out and being locked up in cells for 23 hours a day in some instances, particularly in a hot summer, obviously has atinderboxeffect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The remainder of the first half would be atinderboxwith numerous spot fights erupting all over the ground. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tinderboxis described as a detective tool for software development. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The witch gives the man permission to take anything he finds inside the chambers, but he must return thetinderbox. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He meets a witch, who asks him to climb into a hollow tree to retrieve a magictinderbox. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He then strikes thetinderboxand the three monstrous dogs appear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He fills his pockets with money, finds thetinderbox, and returns to the witch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, she finds atinderboxof greed, desire and ambition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He strikes thetinderboxand sends the dog with eyes the size of teacups to bring her to his apartment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tinderboxallows developers to manage software builds and/or testing and to correlate build failures on various platforms and configurations with particular code changes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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