hot potato

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  • n.〈非正式〉烫手山芋；棘手问题；【游】击鼓传花
  • 网络棘手的问题；热土豆；难题
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网络释义

hot potato
n.
1.
棘手的问题（或情况等）；烫手山芋a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult and unpleasant to deal with

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释义:
全部全部,〈非正式〉烫手山芋〈非正式〉烫手山芋,棘手问题棘手问题,击鼓传花击鼓传花,棘手的问题棘手的问题,热土豆热土豆,难题难题
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难度:全部全部,简单简单,中等中等,难难
1.
The rule is to take the flashcard as a hot potato and pass it around very quickly while crying out the word, the quickest team will win.
玩法是把卡片当成烫手的土豆，一张张很快地传下去，边传边喊出那张卡片的单词，最后看哪个组完成得最快。
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2.
It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.
它成了一个政治上的棘手问题，并且在支持者为竞选评价的争吵中耗尽了时间。
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3.
The question of whether to raise taxes to cut the budget deficit is a real hot potato for a lot of politicians.
对许多政客来说是否用提高税收来减少预算赤字的办法真的是一个很有争议的问题。
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4.
He learned that his idea would cost such a pile of money, he dropped it like a hot potato.
当他意识到他的方案需要很大一笔经费时，马上放弃了。
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5.
The principal thought it a hot potato to move the school to a new site.
一个校长认为把学校搬到新地方去是一个很棘手的问题。
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6.
Food is a political hot potato, and accounts for a third of the basket of goods used to calculate inflation.
食品在政治上是一个烫手山芋，而且在计算通货膨胀率的商品篮子中占了三分之一。
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7.
If you were looking for hot growth stocks, you would probably find Icon of interest but drop Knoll like a hot potato.
如果你在寻找高成长性的股票，你可能会对Icon很感兴趣而把Knoll当烫手山芋。
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8.
Soon after he allowed the young man to work in his office, the boss realized that he had been handed a hot potato.
老板刚一允许这个年轻人在他那里工作，他就意识到引来了麻烦。
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9.
So the questions must be dealt with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.
所以，这些问题必须谨慎处理，就好象你处理其他烫手山芋一样。
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10.
As soon as the Prime Minister realized the depth of opposition to his new proposal , he dropped it like a hot potato .
首相了解到人们强烈反对他的新提案之后，马上就把它撤消了。
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