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Since the riot, the city has been a powder keg waiting to explode.自那次骚乱以来，这座城市就是一个随时可能爆炸的火药桶。The area is a tinderbox that could again plunge the country into civil war.这地区是个火药桶，很可能再次使国家陷入内战。It could become the next Balkan flashpoint.它可能成为巴尔干地区的下一个火药桶。The country has always been something of a tinderbox because the central state never really managed to establish its authority.由于中央政府从未真正树立其权威，因此该国一直就像个火药桶。Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.这些问题得不到解决，该地区就会一直抱着一个火药桶。 |