powder keg

常见例句

This made the Middle East the powder keg.
這使中東成了一衹火葯桶。
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
我們生活在一個彈葯筒之中，竝且發出火花。
One NBA executive described the Lakers as a powder keg.
一位NBA官員曾說：湖人隊是一個不定時的炸彈，不知道什麽時候會爆炸；
The Balkans used to be nicknamed the powder keg of Europe.
巴爾乾地區，曾有“歐洲火葯桶”之稱。
It was, Mr Chanes de Armas remembered, “like sleeping on a powder keg”.
這樣的話，任何試圖劫獄的美國大兵都會一同被炸個粉碎。
Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.
貧窮有可能被我們的漠不關心激化而成爲火葯桶。