explosive
英 [ɪk'spləʊsɪv; ek-]
美 [ɪk'splosɪv; ɪk'splozɪv]
- adj. 爆炸的；爆炸性的；爆發性的
- n. 炸藥；爆炸物
英文詞源
- explosive (adj.)
- 1660s, "tending to explode," from Latin explos-, past participle stem of explodere "drive out, reject" (see explosion) + -ive. As a noun, from 1874. Related: Explosives (n.); explosively; explosiveness.
雙語例句
- 1. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.
- 在當時那種一觸即發的形勢下，采取那樣的策略太危險了。
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- 2. New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield.
- 發射高爆彈的新型大炮在戰場上得到了使用。
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- 3. Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
- 沒有人知道歐洲的未來這一議題會引起怎樣爆炸性的討論。
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- 4. He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity.
- 他似乎正小心地應對可能一觸即發的局勢。
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- 5. Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
- 煤礦中天然存有高爆氣體。
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