time bomb
定時炸彈,潛在威脅
time bomb
n 1: a problematic situation that will eventually become
dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time
bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go
off" [syn: ticking bomb]
2: a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go
off at a particular time [syn: infernal machine]