英语释义

• the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air

• point at which something is ready to blow up

英汉例句

• using these trees, they were generally able to identify a flashpoint at which the crowd determined which way the fight would go.

  通过这些树状资料，他们通常就能发现当时围观的人在哪个关键点上影响到事件的发展态势。

• the flashpoint area on the border between north and south is scheduled to hold a separate vote on its future status.

  这一位于南北分界的热点地区计划就其未来地位归属问题举行公投。

• the summit eve is the most dangerous flashpoint in a week of demonstrations and other big events, including two england football internationals, that require public order policing.

  峰会前夕是为期一周的示威和其他大事件的非常危险的时间点.这其中包括两场英格兰国际足球比赛它也需要维护公共秩序的警力.

• the meetings here focused in large part on the currency issue, underscoring its role as a flashpoint in relations between the united states and china and a source of global tension.

  本次会议大部分时间集中于货币问题，重点强调它做为中美关系和导致全球紧张的关键点。

• but a confirmed infiltration may be something new, says flashpoint partners’ evan kohlmann, who’s been tracking internet extremists for years.

  但可以肯定渗透了的是新东西。"flashpoint partner网站跟蹤互联网极端分子已有多年的evankohlmann说。

• the immediate flashpoint is a proposed settlement between state attorneys general and the mortgage servicing industry.

  眼下关注的焦点是州总检察长与贷款抵押服务行业之间拟议中的的解决方案。

• the first flashpoint has been oil.

  第一个导火线就是石油。

• but as an emotional flashpoint it is potent, especially among the 21% of voters who are latino.

  但它是一个潜在的情绪爆发点，尤其是在那21%的拉丁裔选民中间。

• over the past 25 years, taiji (population 3, 600) has become a flashpoint for animal-rights activists.

  在过去的25年，太地（人口3，600）变成动物权利活动分子聚集的热点地区。

• that demand has long been a flashpoint for australia’s racial grievances.

  这种要求长期以来一直是澳大利亚的种族不满的爆发点。

• that leads to another potential flashpoint for 2011: the lack of global co-ordination.

  这预示了2011年的另一可能主题：全球缺乏协调一致。

• the neighborhood has become a flashpoint in the fight over jerusalem.

  在耶路撒冷的争议中，这个社区已经成了争论的焦点。

• ultimately, washington desires a prosperous, sustainable, and secure south asian region that does not remain a base for al qaeda and its affiliates, or a likely flashpoint for a nuclear exchange.

  最终，华盛顿还是希望南亚地区保持繁荣，可持续和安全，不再是基地组织及其分支，或可能爆发核交火的滋生地。

• the flashpoint came when a taipei cigarette vendor was roughed up by an agent of the monopoly bureau.

  台北的一名烟草小贩遭到了专卖局人员的殴打。

• it took almost two weeks for al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula to post a corrected version, said evan kohlmann, senior partner at flashpoint global partners, which tracks jihadi web sites.

  在阿拉伯半岛的阿尔凯达花了将近两个星期去贴出被纠正的版本，埃文.科曼说，燃点全球合伙人的资深合伙人，是他追蹤阿尔凯达的网站。

• maritime disputes are seen as a dangerous potential flashpoint between east asia’s pre-eminent powers.

  海事争议被认为是东亚两大国之间潜在的危险点。

• the incident took place on the flashpoint northern limit line, the tense maritime border between the koreas in the yellow sea.

  这一事件发生在北方边界易擦枪走火的地区，是朝韩间位于黄海海域的紧张的海上边界。

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