Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.
This made the Middle East the powder keg.
This global gap requires more than compassion( n.同情,憐憫). It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited( v.點火,點燃) by our indifference.
The short gunfire was like the fuse that ignited the powder keg, and the devil's bunker went off like a bullet to the outside.
In response to the protests, the government has appointed a Socialist deputy as a mediator. He accused the Sarkozy government of "lighting a powder keg" by starting deregulation in the first place.
The build-up of armaments in this region is creating a powder keg .
Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.
