Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.

日益严重的失业问题对政府来说是一枚政治上的定时炸弹。

Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialized world.

失业正成为工业化社会中的一种社会性潜在破坏因素。

At the very least, Paulson's unprecedented move defuses one ticking time bomb.

至少，保尔森史无前例的行为解除了一个一直可能随时爆炸的危机。

The tasks facing Japan are staggering. But a country does not live on a geological time bomb without some accommodation by the national psyche.

虽然日本任重道远，但是处在这样一个危机重重地地理位置上，日本人的国民性必然有所适应。

"Instead, it's a time bomb" Just because it took almost 40 years for cancer to hit me, I emphasized, players shouldn't think they could wait to worry about it.

我强调说，球员们可不要因为我食用它近四十年后才患上癌症，就认为他们眼下担心此事为时太早。“口嚼烟致癌也有可能比我患上癌症快得多。