2016年11月10日 星期四

path-breaking, hang by a thread 繫於一線




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Common Sense by Thomas Paine ...... a country whose form of government hangs but by a thread, and who is every day tottering on the brink of commotion and ...

政制繫於一線之國家,騷動混亂不斷之國家;當地居民抓住時機 .




path-breaking
adjective
  1. pioneering; innovative.
    "their path-breaking work opened up a new era in cancer research"

生死與反應繫於一線,

hang by a thread Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hang-by-a-thread

If a serious situation hangs by a thread, it means that even a slight change can decide what will happen and that a bad result such as death, failure, etc. is likely:.

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