looming ['lu:mi?]

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隱現(xiàn)的，迫近的（形容詞）

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(adjective) Describing something large and menacing that overhangs and causes worry; often used to describe something that is approaching.

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EXAMPLE: The looming financial crisis discourages many investors from taking any new risks.

正在迫近的金融危機(jī)讓很多投資者不敢承擔(dān)新的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),。

a bone of contention

爭(zhēng)論的起因

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A subject on which there is considerable disagreement and intense debate.

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EXAMPLE: During the meeting of our top managers the issue of hiring relatives became a bone of contention.

在我們的高層經(jīng)理會(huì)議上,，聘用親戚的問(wèn)題成了爭(zhēng)論的起因,。