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
- 我行我素不顾后果的人
英汉例句
- Arab elites came to view him as a loose cannon and a dangerous crank.
阿拉伯的精英逐渐把他看成一个大炮简子和危险的怪人。 - 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.
不过在CTU所属的部门里，沃尔什的一些上司担心杰克是一门失去约束的大炮，随时会误伤自己人——最近的一次任务丝毫不会改善他们的这种看法。 - 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，第一个原因，是出于质量控制考虑：严格说来，彩蛋是一段未经测试的程序，理论上来讲，它可能会对整个程序中其他重要的功能代码产生影响。 - 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?
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- someone who behaves in an uncontrolled or unexpected way and is likely to cause problems for other people