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局势风云突变，战争一触即发。 A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of war at any time. | ||
内战仿佛一触即发，举国上下一片恐慌。 The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. | ||
这座城市处于紧张状态，大有一触即发之势。 Tension in the city is rapidly reaching flashpoint. | ||
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。 Racial tension has reached boiling point. | ||
叙利亚内战一触即发，而阿拉伯联盟却愚蠢地准备推动战事的爆发。 Syria is on the verge of civil war and the Arab League foolishly appears to have decided to egg it on. | ||
一场王爵和使徒们为了真相和荣誉的战役一触即发。 A king and the apostles to the truth and honor campaign triggered at any moment. | ||
冲突一触即发。巴基斯坦已经从其西部部落地区调派军力到达东部，作为对印度军事响动的回应。 The conflicts are linked; Pakistan has moved troops from its western tribal regions to the east in response to Indian sabre-rattling. | ||
一旦国难当头，或是负面新闻不断，他们的悲观神经一触即发，仿佛一切努力都失去意义，人生梦想也随之破灭，会要郁闷很长一段时间。 Once the national crisis, or the negative press coverage of their pessimism nerve tense, as if all efforts to have lost their meaning, life dream was shattered, it will be depressed for a long time. | ||
美国和俄罗斯继续依靠一触即发的数千核武器维持着平衡，反而加强了印度和巴基斯坦对建立核武器库的必要性的认识。 The continued reliance of the U. S. and Russia on thousands of nuclear weapons on hair - trigger alert only adds to the perceived need for nuclear arsenals in India and Pakistan. | ||
