flashpoints
- n.(暴力或愤怒的)一触即发,危机即将爆发的地点
- flashpoint的复数
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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。
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The more serious flashpoints are outside the capital
更加危险的动乱区在首都之外。
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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。
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Several potential flashpoints remain .
几个潜在的引爆点依然存在。
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Covering an area of3.5 million Square Kilometers , the South China Sea is becoming one of Asia 's most dangerous flashpoints for conflict .
中国南海覆盖350万平方公里,是亚洲最危险的冲突爆发点之一。
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Low-level exchange rate hostilities with occasional flashpoints have dominated what have become known over the past 18 months as the international " currency wars " .
汇率方面较低级别的敌意,伴之以零星的“火花”,这就是过去18个月来所谓国际“汇率战”的主要内容。
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So far , it 's all been quite civil , but one of the flashpoints of discontent around the country , especially in the last two years , is about to recur .
抗议活动到目前为止还相当文明,但令美国民众大为不满(尤其是在过去两年中)的一个热点问题有可能会再次露头。
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Japan and China cannot continue their stand-off , he argues , if only because of the pressing need to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis , one of several dangerous regional flashpoints .
他提出,就算只是因为迫切需要解决朝鲜核危机这一危险的地区热点,日本和中国也不能继续对立下去。
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The process and how it is conducted will be critical for Sudan , Ivory Coast , and Burundi , to name three potential flashpoints in sub-Saharan Africa where there is much more at stake than results .
选举过程和执行方式对于苏丹、科特迪瓦和布隆迪将至关重要此处仅列举3个撒哈拉以南非洲地区的潜在危机爆发国,在这些国家,有许多东西比选举结果更利害攸关。
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Humanity is always in need of peace , but now more than ever , after the tragic events which have undermined its confidence and in the face of persistent flashpoints of cruel conflict which create anxiety throughout the world .
人类一向需要和平,在那导致人类信心动摇的悲惨事件之后,以及折磨人类的战乱火种仍然继续存在之际,更是需要和平。
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Separately , flashpoints are emerging within some states and municipalities ; as pension liabilities explode , this is prompting state lawyers to take the once-taboo step of exploring how to wriggle out of those pension commitments .
此外,一些州和城市的内部已经出现了“导火线”;随着退休金债务的急剧增长,这促使各州律师抛开以往的禁忌,开始研究如何摆脱在退休金问题上作出的承诺。