[ huòduān ] [书面语] (祸根) the source of the disaster; the cause of ruin; cause of a misfortune or disaster
Example Sentences:
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He turned with a sigh to the book which had been the innocent cause of all this disturbance . 他叹了一口气，视线转向无辜成为这场风波之祸端的那本书。
2.
So it ’ s up to us to make science a blessing rather than a curse to mankind 让科学造福而非引发祸端，这是我们的责任。
3.
Growled dick , who was evidently uneasy at the curse he had brought upon himself 狄克嘟着嘴问，他显然是为自己招来的祸端感到十分紧张。
4.
Begin by learning to count your drinks in standard amounts to avoid drinking too much and becoming intoxicated 啤酒、葡萄酒和烈酒都含有酒精，养成明智的饮酒习惯对避免祸端、麻烦都是非常重要的。
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The year of the dog has been an unusual year for man ' s best friend , with local governments , pet lovers and loathers searching for solutions to the problem of bites 狗年即将滑逝，只是这只“生肖狗”似乎在狗年招惹了不少祸端，至少对养狗的人如此。
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Ronaldinho , who beat out thierry henry of france and ukrainian 2004 european footballer of the year andriy shevchenko for the prize , said the scourge of racism had to be stamped out 罗纳尔迪尼奥力压法国球星蒂埃里亨利和乌克兰的2004年欧洲足球先生安德烈舍甫琴科，捧回世界足球先生的奖项。他说，种族主义的祸端必须被彻底消除。
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About four a - clock in the evening , being then within about a league of the island , i found the point of the rocks which occasioned this disaster , stretching out as is describ d before to the southward , and casting off the current more southwardly , had of course made another eddy to the north , and this i found very strong , but not directly setting the way my course lay which was due west , but almost full north 大约下午四点钟，在离海岛不到三海里的地方，我看到了伸向南方的岬角，这一点我前面也已提到过。正是这堆礁石引发了这次祸端。岬角把急流进一步向南方逼去，同时又分出一股回流向北方流去。
