spark是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a very small piece of fire that flies out from something that is burning, or one that is made by rubbing two hard things together, or a flash of light made by electricity -- 火花，火星；電火花

  • Sparks were flying out of the bonfire and blowing everywhere. 營火中飛濺出很多火星，迸得到處都是。

  • You can start a fire by rubbing two dry pieces of wood together until you produce a spark. 你可以透過摩擦兩塊乾木頭直到産生火花來點火。

• 1 a first small event or problem that causes a much worse situation to develop -- 導火線，誘因

  • That small incident was the spark that set off the street riots. 那件小事是引發街頭暴動的導火線。

  • They kept running into each other and eventually realized there was a spark between them.

  • The music is mediocre because there's no spark, no thrill, no unpredictability.

• 2 to cause the start of something, especially an argument or fighting -- 引起，導致，觸發（尤指爭論或打鬥）

  • This proposal will almost certainly spark another countrywide debate about immigration. 這項提議很可能會再一次引起全國性的關於移民的爭論。

  • The recent interest-rate rises have sparked new problems for small businesses. 近期利率的調升為小型企業帶來了新問題。

  • The visit of the G20 leaders sparked off (= caused the start of) mass demonstrations. G20國家領導人的到訪引發了大規模示威遊行。