昨天碰到一个以前的同事，据他说之前单位那个出了名儿的“炸弹领导”前两天被总部开除了，大快人心之余，不禁又想起了他之前的种种恶劣行径--动不动就发火，稍有不慎就会被他抓住一点儿小问题揪着不放，还冲你彪粗口......
唉，这种可恨之人不说也罢，但怎么用英语来形容身边存在的这种人呢？有个短语很简单，就是--time bomb，对了，就是定时炸弹，它可不光是炸弹，更是用来形容一种不可控的情况局面或潜在的危险隐患。
潜在危险；隐患; 定时炸弹
【En】A situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control. 一种可能变得难以处理或控制的情况。A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time. 定时炸弹是一种能在特定时间引爆的炸弹。If you describe something as a time bomb, you mean that it is likely to have a serious effect on a person or situation at a later date, especially if you think it will cause a lot of damage. 如果你把某件事描述成一个定时炸弹，你的意思是它很可能在以后对人或情况产生严重的影响，尤其是如果你认为它会造成很大的破坏。
【例】Tom's temper is like a time bomb waiting to go off.
汤姆的脾气就像一颗定时炸弹，随时可能爆炸。
【例】This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election.
这一提议是一颗政治定时炸弹，可能会让政府失去下次选举的机会。
【例】Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world.
在整个工业化国家，失业正在成为一种社会隐患。
【例】By ignoring the wishes of their employees, the managers are setting/creating a time bomb for themselves.
忽视了雇员的愿望，管理人员等于是在给自己埋下／制造一颗定时炸弹 / 隐患。
【例】The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).
监狱管理者们如同正坐在定时炸弹上。(应付可能变得难以应付或控制的糟糕局面。)
【例】A time bomb explode twenty minute after the plane take off.
飞机起飞後二十分钟一枚定时炸弹爆炸了。
【例】The criminal has admitted to putting the time bomb inside the railway station.
罪犯已供认是他把定时炸弹安放在火车站里的。
Let's take a look watch for the phrse "time bomb".
让我们看一下“time bomb”这个短语。
The whole housing market is propped up on these bad loans. They will fail. The housing market is rock solid! It's a time bomb!
整个房地产市场都是靠这些不良贷款支撑起来的。他们将会失败。房地产市场坚如磐石! 它是一个隐患!
So, what's that mean, is it a time bomb~
那么，这是什么意思呢?是定时炸弹吗
A/ A bomb that will go off at a set time?
A/ 一个定时爆炸的炸弹?
B/ Or, A kind of clock?
或者，它是一种时钟?
Listen it again and see if you're corrected.
再听一遍，看看是否正确。
That "time bomb" is one that explodes on a timer, the movie talk about a crisis that will explode, not an actual bomb.
“定时炸弹”是用计时器引爆的，电影讲的是一场即将爆发的危机，而不是真正的炸弹。
A time bomb ticks or makes a clicking sound. building attention, people can be time bombs too!
定时炸弹发出滴答声或滴答声。请注意，人也可以是定时炸弹!
Worry builds up, and they can explode by yelling or using bad language.
焦虑会积聚起来，他们会通过大喊大叫或使用脏话而爆发。
