loose cannon
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌluːs ˈkæn.ən]
- 美式音标 [ˌluːs ˈkæn.ən]
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基本解释
- 我行我素不顧後果的人
英汉例句
- Arab elites came to view him as a loose cannon and a dangerous crank.
阿拉伯的精英逐漸把他看成一個大砲簡子和危險的怪人。 - Some of Walsh's higher-ups at Division, however, worried that he was a loose cannon - and this latest mission hadn't dissuaded them from that notion.
不過在CTU所屬的部門裡，沃爾什的一些上司擔心傑尅是一門失去約束的大砲，隨時會誤傷自己人——最近的一次任務絲毫不會改善他們的這種看法。 - Part of the reason was quality control: by definition, an Easter egg is an untested feature. It's a loose cannon that could, in theory, interfere with other, more important parts of the program.
原因有三，第一個原因，是出於質量控制考慮：嚴格說來，彩蛋是一段未經測試的程序，理論上來講，它可能會對整個程序中其他重要的功能代碼産生影響。 - Mr Byrd has become something of a loose cannon in the Senate of late, but little could compare with his latest antics.
ECONOMIST: Trade - He is at most a slightly loose cannon in a party whose instinct is to lash every moving object tightly to the deck.
ECONOMIST: Is Tony Blair a Dalek?
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- someone who behaves in an uncontrolled or unexpected way and is likely to cause problems for other people