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N-VAR
炸藥;爆炸物
An explosive is a substance or device that can cause an explosion.
例句
...one-hundred-and-fifty pounds of Semtex explosive...
150磅塞姆汀塑膠炸藥
There were traces of explosives in the bedroom.
臥室里有炸藥的痕跡。
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ADJ-GRADED
會爆炸的;能引起爆炸的
Something that is explosive is capable of causing an explosion.
例句
The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour...
爆炸裝置被設定在高峰時間引爆。
Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
煤礦中天然存有高爆氣體。
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ADJ-GRADED
（增長）爆炸性的，迅猛的
An explosive growth is a sudden, rapid increase in the size or quantity of something.
例句
The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernisation.
西化最顯著的標志之一就是賭場的驟增。
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ADJ-GRADED
（局面等）一觸即發的，千鈞一發的
An explosive situation is likely to have difficult, serious, or dangerous effects.
例句
He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity...
他似乎正小心地應對可能一觸即發的局勢。
Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
沒有人知道歐洲的未來這一議題會引起怎樣爆炸性的討論。
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ADJ-GRADED
易怒的;暴躁的
If you describe someone as explosive, you mean that they tend to express sudden violent anger.
例句
She was unpredictable, explosive, impulsive and easily distracted...
她難以捉摸，脾氣暴躁，沖動魯莽，容易分心。
He's inherited his father's explosive temper.
他遺傳了其父暴躁的脾氣。
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ADJ-GRADED
（聲響突然）爆發的
A sudden loud noise can be described as explosive.
例句
He made a loud, explosive noise of disgust.
他反感地爆發出一陣叫嚷。
...an explosive drumbeat.
爆發的鼓聲