tinderboxes 

  1. 名詞
tinderbox複數: 火絨箱, 火絨盒
易燃物
容易生氣的人
容易激動的人
爭端的原因

    同義字詞
powder keg
boiling point,breaking point,clutch,conjuncture,crisis,crossroad(s),crunch,emergency,exigency,extremity,flash point,head,juncture,zero hour

例句

  1. In almost every country in the region there are tinderboxes waiting to ignite.
  2. That in conjunction with extended dry periods have turned them into tinderboxes .
  3. Our forests have become tinderboxes , what with all the brushy undergrowth, deadfall, and debris on the forest floor.
  4. " Perhaps it's because, as Scott McConnell wrote , "America's black communities are not, generally speaking, dry tinderboxes of racial resentment.
  5. Deena says, "Mark, you talked a bit about Tinderboxes note taking...how does tinderbox help organize thoughts?" Doug Lawson suspects he needs that help.