| 单词 | an accident waiting to happen |
| 释义 | an accident waiting to happena verydangeroussituationin which anaccidentis verylikely 早晚会出事Accidents and disasters
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Potential Examplesofan accident waiting to happenan accident waiting to happen There's alwaysanaccidentwaitingtohappen, even when we don't know when and in what form it will come. From theCambridge English Corpus She said that in many respects, the tragedy wasanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequence was entirely foreseeable; it wasanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he will find that all the major engineers were saying that that wasanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In my opinionanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a powder keg waiting to blow—anaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we haveanaccidentwaitingtohappenwhich could affect us as badly as the nuclear industry. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I believe that it isanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Still, the road isanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is "anaccidentwaitingtohappen", as my constituent says in his letter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, it isanaccidentwaitingtohappen. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Many aid agencies say that, economically, it wasanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First, there was the immediate tragedy and the clear consensus that it wasanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, some doctors areanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For aircraft to depart and arrive at an airport over the same path in opposite directions is not the happiest arrangement and is in factanaccidentwaitingtohappen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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