hot potato

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  • n.〈非正式〉烫手山芋；棘手问题；【游】击鼓传花
  • Web棘手的问题；热土豆；难题
Plural Form：hot potatoes  

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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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AllAll,〈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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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。
wán fǎ shì bǎ kǎ piàn dāng chéng tàng shǒu de tǔ dòu , yì zhāng zhāng hěn kuài de chuán xià qù , biān chuán biān hǎn chū nà zhāng kǎ piàn de dān cí , zuì hòu kàn nǎ ge zǔ wán chéng de zuì kuài 。
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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。
tā chéng le yī gè zhèng zhì shàng de jí shǒu wèn tí , bìng qiě zài zhī chí zhě wèi jìng xuǎn píng jià de zhēng chǎo zhōng hào jìn le shí jiān 。
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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。
duì xǔ duō zhèng kè lái shuō shì fǒu yòng tí gāo shuì shōu lái jiǎn shǎo yù suàn chì zì de bàn fǎ zhēn de shì yī gè hěn yǒu zhēng yì de wèn tí 。
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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。
dāng tā yì shí dào tā de fāng àn xū yào hěn dà yī bǐ jīng fèi shí , mǎ shàng fàng qì le 。
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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。
yī gè xiào zhǎng rèn wéi bǎ xué xiào bān dào xīn dì fāng qù shì yī gè hěn jí shǒu de wèn tí 。
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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。
shí pǐn zài zhèng zhì shàng shì yī gè tàng shǒu shān yù , ér qiě zài jì suàn tōng huò péng zhàng lǜ de shāng pǐn lán zǐ zhōng zhàn le sān fēn zhī yī 。
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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。
rú guǒ nǐ zài xún zhǎo gāo chéng cháng xìng de gǔ piào , nǐ kě néng huì duì Icon hěn gǎn xìng qù ér bǎ Knoll dāng tàng shǒu shān yù 。
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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。
lǎo bǎn gāng yī yǔn xǔ zhè ge nián qīng rén zài tā nà li gōng zuò , tā jiù yì shí dào yǐn lái le má fan 。
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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。
suǒ yǐ , zhè xiē wèn tí bì xū jǐn shèn chǔ lǐ , jiù hǎo xiàng nǐ chǔ lǐ qí tā tàng shǒu shān yù yí yàng 。
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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。
shǒu xiàng liǎo jiě dào rén men qiáng liè fǎn duì tā de xīn tí àn zhī hòu , mǎ shàng jiù bǎ tā chè xiāo le 。
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