| 单词 | hair trigger |
| 例句 | His sense of right and wrong had been mounted on a hair trigger. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacqui herself is a loaded gun with a hair trigger—and the fact that she, in this moment, is able to recognize that, makes her seem slightly less mental. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He died in 1980 when a gun with a hair trigger went off in his hands; the gun model was later removed from the market. Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Honeck, though a newcomer, showed a superb command of the piece, and the small orchestra responded on a hair trigger. Music Review: ?Messiah? by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Review 2011-12-05T23:25:14Z He's always been a guy without boundaries, a chronic inappropriate kidder with a hair trigger temper. Hilary Swank Shows Some Conviction 2010-10-14T03:45:00Z Dynamics were modulated as if on a hair trigger, whether thanks to the preparation of the choir’s director, Joe Miller, or to the ministrations of this year’s early-music import, the British maestro Andrew Manze. Review: Philharmonic Replies to $50 Million With ‘Hallelujah’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Many remain on “hair trigger” alert, posing serious risks of an accidental launch. Is Nuclear War Inevitable? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z He had such a hair trigger laugh reflex. ArtsBeat: G4 Will Show Remaining Episodes of Series Featuring Ryan Dunn 2011-06-27T19:16:26Z Given the fallout from the last debate, maybe that was never likely this time, with candidates and supporters alike on a hair trigger. Fox Business Network’s Debate Is a Step Up, in Some Ways 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The loosening of limits has occurred as violent political rhetoric rises and the police in some places fear bloodshed among an armed populace on a hair trigger. At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z In theory, the hair trigger gets shots off faster when playing shooters, and the rear paddles allow you to jump, crouch, reload, etc., without taking your thumb off the right stick for aiming. What is the best controller for Xbox consoles? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He’s in a stage in his career when he’s on a hair trigger to tuck the ball and run. NFL roundtable: Surprise! Rams might not be best of NFC West 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z A review from The LA Times says Higgins’ book “takes the shine off” Musk, showing him to be “a hair trigger of an executive who’s quick to fire people whether they deserve it or not.” Steve Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson is writing a book about Elon Musk, says Elon Musk 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Dozens more are noted, most of them witnesses to or victims of the rage and wrath of Musk, a hair trigger of an executive who’s quick to fire people whether they deserve it or not. Review: A deep new history of Tesla takes the shine off Elon Musk 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z "It's not, by any stretch of the imagination, a hair trigger," he said. Kesgrave shooting trial: Schoolboy 'blasted by shotgun from 1.5m away' 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Rear buttons aside, the Scuf’s other big feature is its hair triggers, which have the quickest response of all the controllers tested here. What is the best controller for Xbox consoles? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z “The standard of 30 percent weekly liquidity became a new hair trigger,” Investment Company Institute President Paul Stevens said this week at a money-market symposium. Exclusive: Goldman money funds' liquidity buffer swells before U.S. election 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “We were on a hair trigger to put people on vents at the beginning of the epidemic,” said Bradley Pollock, the chair of the department of public health sciences at UC Davis. As COVID-19 cases surge, patients are dying at a lower rate. Here's why 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z As free agency approaches, the pre-snap hints and clues of the NFL’s greatest quarterback have the rest of the football world on a hair trigger. Tom Brady: to Chargers, Titans or Cowboys? Oh my! 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In his mania to be the anti-Obama, Trump appears to have set a hair trigger: Any U.S. casualties caused directly or indirectly by Iran will prompt a military response. Opinion | The best Iran crisis explanation? Trump’s obsession with Obama. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The hair triggers, rear buttons, and the excellent textured grip material on the controller’s underside go a long way to make this controller a joy to use. What is the best controller for Xbox consoles? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But an absence of patience doesn’t mean the central bank is on a hair trigger. For Fed's Powell, a gap with markets and Trump may need explaining 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Democrats are on a hair trigger over the prospect that some information may be withheld. Rep. Jordan calls for all documents from Mueller investigation to be released 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z With both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in correction territory — as I write, the broad S&P is down 20 percent from its previous peak — market players are on a hair trigger to sell. Don’t panic: What to watch in this turbulent week on Wall Street 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z That may depend on enough Democrats willing to control a partisan gag reflex that is a hair trigger at the moment. An ‘urban Republican’ runs for city council in Trump-despising, Democratic D.C. 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The “Dear Leaders” didn’t want a fight but kept the mechanics of war set on a hair trigger, and any sane policy on North Korea needed to respect that dynamic. Opinion | Ending the Dead End in North Korea 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z The upshot was that the pupils of participants with autism seemed to be on a hair trigger. Does autism arise because the brain is continually surprised? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “Everybody has a temper, but mine was set on a hair trigger.” Jake LaMotta, ‘Raging Bull’ of boxing, dies at 95 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Acer claims FPS players prefer a hair trigger, while RTS players like a more difficult click, but I’ve also heard the opposite. Acer’s new gaming mouse has adjustable click resistance 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z You see, it's easy to get kind of a hair trigger when my first-ever ship gift was, no lie, a teddy bear. Dear Google Bro: A Woman in Tech Responds to the Anti-Diversity Memo That's Gone Viral 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z After three months of near daily protest, Venezuela is on a hair trigger. Helicopter used for protest flight against Maduro, heightening Venezuela tensions 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z This figure, Gaffney explained to New Scientist, reflects the fact that “far from living on a deeply resilient planet, we live on a planet with hair triggers.” Approaching “societal collapse”: New equation shows how quickly humans are wrecking the planet 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It was Hamilton who supplied the Wogdon pistols that, nearly 200 years later, were found to contain hidden hair triggers. Opinion | Defending the honor of Aaron Burr 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a twitchy market — people live on more of a hair trigger,” he said. Amazon deploys many more orange troops at warehouses 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z And you arm yourself to the teeth for self defense and have a hair trigger even though these are safe areas. This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z ICBMs are not on a hair trigger, as their opponents claim. Naive Nuclear Proposals for a Dangerous World 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z And the campaign, which often to reacts to events on a hair trigger, sent out no message on the debacle, which seemed it could deliver a death knell to Trump’s campaign. Clinton Stays Quiet as Trump's Campaign Burns 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Some officials want to take most deployed nukes off of “hair trigger” alert. Obama plans major nuclear policy changes in his final months 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The reaction suggests the market is on a hair trigger. As Referendum Nears, Contingency Plans for U.K. Elude U.S. Companies 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z In a city living on a hair trigger in the best of times, the consequences are not easily controlled. Inside the Cauldron of Hebron 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z His constituency — already angry and feeling persecuted — is a hair trigger away from violence. Protesters should let Trump air his hate 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z For instance, the controller's hair triggers were designed originally with fans of shooters in mind, but Forza players used them too. How Microsoft built a better controller ... again 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z AWOL: Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican and the first official entry into the 2016 presidential campaign, considers himself a hawk’s hawk, declaring a hair trigger when it comes to defending American freedoms. Three-Minute Briefing: RFRA Fallout Roils Indiana, Clinton Slips in Florida 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z If this sounds familiar, it is because it is: Measures like this preceded the outbreak of World War I, where tightly formed, “chain-ganged” alliances helped put the whole of Europe on a hair trigger. The U.S. Should Pursue a Strategy of Hawk Engagement With Iran 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The financial markets are on a hair trigger as to when, and how quickly, the Fed will tighten and raise interest rates. The Yellen Tug Of War 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z This time of year, your emotional vulnerabilities do more than pop up on radar; they’re on a hair trigger so that they’re set off so easily. 3 Strategies For Avoiding Holiday Burnout 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The grid’s pricing system is on a hair trigger to jump in case of shortage, promising higher prices for all users when plants with low operating costs, like Indian Point, are shut, experts say. Hearings on Water Permits for Indian Pt. 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z The outcome is slower processing power, less mental energy and hair trigger irritability when things don’t go well – not a prescription for willpower success. 19 Reasons Why Willpower Fails You, And What To Do About It 2013-11-23T21:04:00Z "Such a stance puts the peninsula on an unpredictable hair trigger," wrote James Schoff, an Asia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Analysis: North Korea tests Obama's "strategic patience" 2013-04-09T18:46:23Z And the Gang of 500 remains at best skeptical of, and often hostile to, Romney and his chances — a sentiment that is released on a hair trigger. Romney's 'Relaunch' Is a Success, So Far 2012-09-20T20:05:25Z Over an intense 13 days, he and his Soviet counterpart Nikita Khrushchev confronted each other “eyeball to eyeball,” each with nuclear weapons on hair trigger. Will Iran be Obama?s Cuban Missile Crisis? 2012-03-08T15:49:00Z Having countries act on a hair trigger -- where they can’t afford to be second to strike -- the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high,” he said. Obama Ready to Strike to Stop Nuclear Iran, Ex-Adviser Says 2012-01-11T09:43:40Z Having countries act on a hair trigger -- where they can’t afford to be second to strike, the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high,” he said. Obama Ready to Strike to Stop Nuclear Iran, Former Adviser Says 2012-01-10T05:22:11Z Stockpiles of goods like cotton, corn and coffee are at historically low levels, setting markets on a hair trigger. Companies Hedge Bets at a Cost to Consumers 2011-05-06T07:00:01Z It has a hair trigger, and my hand is trembling. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Just a little matter of a single glance down his rifle barrel at the figure in the silhouette of the fire glow—and a half-ounce of pressure on the hair trigger. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The guns to be so furnished were to be breach loaders, to have telescopic sights, hair triggers, and all the requisites for the most perfect shooting that the most skillful marksman could desire. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z Pen asked fiercely; "I'll call a policeman for him; but—but—" "You'll invite me to hair triggers?" cried Strong, with a laugh. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z "That by definition under these circumstances is a fraught situation, given that both sides are on a hair trigger now." War in the Korean Peninsula: Thinking the Unthinkable 2010-05-26T16:40:00Z "Let me remind you, Jussieu, that the pistol is furnished with a hair trigger." First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z They were fitted with hair triggers and friction primers, and thirty feet of lanyard attached to the triggers connected the keys. A brief sketch of the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury during the war, 1861-1865 The bullets, encased in little globes of chamois, carefully powdered with emery, were forced down the barrels by a hammer, the hair trigger adjusted, and the weapon delivered to Lady Hester with due solemnity. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Again he whirled his guns in hand—both of them this time—and his forefingers only fractions of a millimeter from the point that would fire the hair triggers. Anything You Can Do! The muzzle of Danbury’s revolver was within a foot of his head and a finger trembled upon the hair trigger. The Web of the Golden Spider Also, with a normal pull upon the trigger of six ounces, it was fitted with an ingenious arrangement which, by pressing a small lever, converted this into a hair trigger. Through Veld and Forest An African Story Lydia’s always balanced on a hair trigger, it’s true, but she is balanced! The Squirrel-Cage Such "hair trigger" action has been postulated by both William James and Bergson, and is certainly in line with modern speculations in this direction. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Both pistols had hair triggers, but Broderick's was more delicately set than Terry's, so much so that a jar might discharge it. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure A citizen fearsome enough to venture from his threshold after 8 P. M. literally took his life in his hands, because the fingers of the militia rested on hair triggers. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado Some of the dueling pistols were inlaid with gold, and they all had flint-locks, as percussion caps had not been invented, nor hair triggers. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis My pistols have hair triggers and go off at a touch. Old Kaskaskia It is a story that will keep your nerves on a hair trigger even if you don't know the difference between a cased pair of Paterson .34's and a Texas .40 with a ramming-lever. Murder in the Gunroom By a few trials, the sticks can be arranged so as to spring the trigger easily, and where a hair trigger is used, a mere touch on the bait will suffice to discharge the gun. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Quick firing depends more on the alert finger than on the hair trigger. The Art of Public Speaking He very bravely determined to protect his life as long as he had breath in his body and strength to draw a hair trigger on his would-be murderers. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics There stood old Mandy McGovern, her long brown rifle half raised, her finger lying sophisticatedly along the trigger guard, that she might not touch the hair trigger. The Way of a Man Amid roars, one of the conspirators penned an acceptance, fixing as the weapon, hair triggers,—time, five o’clock in the morning,—place, the Delta,—second, the bearer, Mr. M——, the writer of this reply. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 The rest was made up of fighting, gambling, drinking hilariously with the crowd and always with his temper on hair trigger. Casey Ryan With modern industrial conditions hung on a hair trigger as they are, it's as though a boy had exploded a fire-cracker in the works of a watch. The Bent Twig He fought like a wild cat, and the crowd, on the hair trigger as it was, howled and broke forward. The Gray Dawn "Nothing to be done with him in this way?" said Considine, balancing the corkscrew like a hair trigger. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 Pen asked fiercely; "I'll call a policeman him but—but——" "You'll invite me to hair triggers?" cried Strong, with a laugh. The History of Pendennis They shut off the sun for full half of the year, Made each glacier a blizzard blown trap, They strung out volcanoes half way to Japan Each one with a hair trigger cap. Rhymes of a Roughneck The direct action of the internal secretions upon the brain cells, producing a sort of hair trigger situation within them, may cause the explosive discharges from them which appear as overpowering impulses or uncontrollable conduct. The Glands Regulating Personality Move back now until you face the door, and don't forget my pistol is within an inch of your ear, and this is a hair trigger. My Lady of the North They were equipped with rifle barrels and hair triggers, and were inlaid richly with silver, and more than once had been used on the field of honor. Captain Macklin The situation was resting on a hair trigger, and, even in the tenseness of the moment, Hi Lang found himself keenly interested in what he saw—the Overland Riders in action. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert It was a German sporting Mauser, with a hair trigger attachment and magazine, as handy and useful a weapon as the heart of man could wish. The Ivory Trail I turned my rope loose an' backed ol' Mr. Barrel up on the sidewalk in the wink of a hair trigger. Happy Hawkins Your life is hanging by a hair trigger that goes off with a feather touch. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Some of the best of these old rifles have been preserved and are really beautiful weapons, with delicate hair triggers, gracefully curved stocks, and quaint brass or even gold or silver mountings. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware |
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