flashpoint

美 [ˈflæʃpɔɪnt]英 [ˈflæʃpɔɪnt]
  • n.(暴力或愤怒的)一触即发,危机即将爆发的地点

复数: flashpoints

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noun

C U(暴力或愤怒的)一触即发,危机即将爆发的地点
a situation or place in which violence or anger starts and cannot be controlled

Tension in the city is rapidly reaching flashpoint.

这座城市处于紧张状态,大有一触即发之势。

potential flashpoints in the south of the country

该国南部潜在的暴力爆发点

flashpoint

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR (尤指政治动乱的)爆发点,一触即发之际
    A flashpoint is the moment at which a conflict, especially a political conflict, suddenly gets worse and becomes violent.

    The immediate flashpoint was Wednesday's big rally in the city centre...

    星期三市中心的大集会成了直接的导火索。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 政治动乱地区;危险地区
    A flashpoint is a place which people think is dangerous because political trouble may start there and then spread to other towns or countries.

    The more serious flashpoints are outside the capital...

    更加危险的动乱区在首都之外。

noun

1
the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air
Synonym: flash point
2
point at which something is ready to blow up
Synonym: flash point

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  1. Tension in the city is rapidly reaching flashpoint .

    这座城市处于紧张状态,大有一触即发之势。

  2. Subjects such as the national budget are not considered fit for close public scrutiny . Community unrest is rapidly approaching the flashpoint .

    而一些公共项目比如国家预算,则没能贴近民众,通过公众审查来确立。群众的不安定情绪已接近一触即发之势。

  3. There are still plenty of potential flashpoints in relations between the two countries .

    两国关系中仍然有很多潜在的冲突爆发点。

  4. The immediate flashpoint was Wednesday 's big rally in the city centre

    星期三市中心的大集会成了直接的导火索。

  5. It could become the next Balkan flashpoint .

    它可能成为巴尔干地区的下一个火药桶。

  6. The more serious flashpoints are outside the capital

    更加危险的动乱区在首都之外。

  7. Mexican immigration has become a political flashpoint in the US .

    墨西哥移民已成为美国政治的热点话题。

  8. Facial recognition has the potential to be the next privacy flashpoint .

    人脸识别有可能成为下一场隐私争议的引爆点。

  9. The case became a flashpoint on the national debate over abortion .

    这起案子引发了全国范围内的堕胎讨论。

  10. However another potential flashpoint is the visit to China next month of Barack Obama , US president .

    不过,美国总统巴拉克奥巴马(barackobama)下月访华是又一个潜在的触发点。

  11. The issue became a flashpoint during the 2003 SARS epidemic .

    2003年非典期间,这个问题成为争论焦点。

  12. Which is safer than gas and has a higher flashpoint , doesn 't it ?

    比汽油安全,而且动力充沛,不是么?

  13. The evidence is accelerating , with only one obvious conclusion : Max 98 % risk at a flashpoint .

    证据越来越多,结论只有显而易见的一个:泡沫破灭的风险最高可达98%。

  14. Because the Taiwan Strait is a potential flashpoint for conflict , the area demands our constant attention .

    因为台湾海峡是一个潜在的冲突爆发地区,该地区需求的不断关注。

  15. Sheba Farms has long been a flashpoint for conflict in the region .

    萨巴阿农场一直都是这一地区引发战争的导火线。

  16. Taiwan is ever a potential flashpoint .

    台湾问题历来是一个潜在的引爆点。

  17. The speed with which this relationship has developed has meant that most potential flashpoints are only emerging now .

    中巴关系发展的速度,意味着大多数潜在的爆发点现在才只是刚刚显现出来而已。

  18. And over the years , the Copyright Clause has become a flashpoint for just such abuse .

    这些年来,著作权条款已经变成权利滥用的闪点。

  19. Not for the first time , this semi-annual ruling threatened to be a flashpoint in US - China relations .

    该半年度裁决可能会成为中美关系激化的引爆点,而这已不是第一次了。

  20. The Delhi leg was a flashpoint for the torch on its world tour .

    在奥运火炬的全球传递过程中,新德里是个最容易爆发抗议之地。

  21. Several potential flashpoints remain .

    几个潜在的引爆点依然存在。

  22. Taiwan remains a potential flashpoint .

    台湾仍是一个潜在的火药桶。

  23. If there is one flashpoint in relations between investment banks and governments and one reason bankers remain unpopular it is pay .

    如果说投资银行和政府之间的关系有什么一触即着的引爆点,那就是薪酬这也是银行家至今仍然不受人待见的原因之一。

  24. But as farmers and tribal communities resist giving up their land , the promised industrial development has become a flashpoint .

    不过,由于农民和地方族群社区拒绝出让土地,工业开发区的计划用地常常成为争议焦点。

  25. Flashpoint uses spawning extensively to add and remove soldiers and vehicles from the world and replace dead soldiers .

    闪点广泛使用重构方式从虚拟世界中添加或移除或者替换士兵和车辆。

  26. The obvious flashpoint is Taiwan .

    一个明显的导火索是台湾。

  27. Wisconsin is the flashpoint for a national struggle over efforts to roll back pay and union rights of state and local government workers .

    在这场政府削减开支和公务员工会运动的争斗中,威斯康辛是一个爆发点。

  28. but security forces and tanks remain stationed in most districts , and some flashpoint areas are blocked off completely .

    但安全部队和坦克仍然驻扎在大多数地区,而且一些危险区域则被完全封锁。

  29. If that is right , Taiwan could yet turn out to be an international flashpoint that , mercifully , will never flash .

    如果这种看法正确,那么台湾仍可能幸运地变成一个永远不着火的国际闪点。

  30. But he pushed back strongly against international pressure on the level of the exchange rate , which is becoming a flashpoint in relations with the US .

    但他强烈抵制国际间对人民币汇率水平的施压这已成为中美关系的一个引爆点。