firestorm

英 ['faɪəstɔːm] 美['faɪɚstɔrm]
  • n. 风暴性大火,大爆发

英英释义


1. a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
2. an outburst of controversy;
"the incident triggered a political firestorm"

实用场景例句


The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The book set off a firestorm of reaction.
这本书引起风暴般的反应.

期刊摘选

Hellfire Torch Firestorm proc rate has been reduced to 5 %.
地狱火火炬火焰风暴触发机率已经减少到5%.

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You may touch off a firestorm quite innocently, so be careful then.
你有可能无辜地触发一场风暴火, 所以千万要注意了.

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But last week the Obama administration timidly ducked that task, fearing a political firestorm.
但是, 由于唯恐引起政治风暴,奥巴马政府胆怯地绕开了这项任务.

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But contraception, induced abortion, sterilization technologies touch off a firestorm of debate about ethics.
然而,避孕 、 人工流产 、 绝育技术的施行却引发了激烈的伦理道德问题论争.

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When Ware showed up at school on Monday morning, he arrived to a firestorm.
星期一早晨,当威尔出现在学校时, 他卷入了一场大爆发中.

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Is the firestorm over open source likely to abate?
希望在未来的5年开源将会怎么样?

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The ruling provoked a firestorm.
这一裁决激起了强烈反响.

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No sooner had we arrived than a firestorm broke out in Arkansas involving the football team.
我们刚到那里,阿肯色州的球队就爆发了与球员有关一场轩然大波.

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The kinds of approximations needed to, for example , simulate a firestorm, were in the past intractable.
要利用这种近似解来模拟大爆炸在以前是不可能实现的.

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Yun Mei's request has set a firestorm of controversy.
恽美的要求,已成立了国家安全局在争议.

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The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。

柯林斯例句

双语例句


1. The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Hellfire Torch Firestorm proc rate has been reduced to 5 %.
地狱火火炬火焰风暴触发机率已经减少到5%.

来自互联网

3. You may touch off a firestorm quite innocently, so be careful then.
你有可能无辜地触发一场风暴火, 所以千万要注意了.

来自互联网

4. Is the firestorm over open source likely to abate?
希望在未来的5年开源将会怎么样?

来自互联网

5. Yun Mei's request has set a firestorm of controversy.
恽美的要求,已成立了国家安全局在争议.

来自互联网

英文词源


firestorm (n.)
also fire-storm, 1580s, in poetry, from fire (n.) + storm (n.). From 1945 in reality, in reference to nuclear war.

词态变化


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