导火索

• 拼音: dǎo huǒ suǒ
• 汉字拆解: 导 = 巳 + 寸 (lead, guide); 火 = fire; 索 = 糸 + 索 (rope, cord)

含义

A fuse used to ignite an explosive; figuratively, the immediate trigger or catalyst for a major event or conflict.

While literally a burning fuse, this term is predominantly used figuratively to describe the immediate event that sets off a larger conflict, crisis, or chain reaction. A key term in political analysis, historical commentary, and journalism.

例句

1. 那次刺杀事件成为第一次世界大战爆发的导火索。
2. 价格欺诈丑闻成为这场消费者集体维权运动的导火索。
3. 分析人士指出，此次外交风波不过是两国深层矛盾激化的导火索。

用法指南

语境: history, political analysis, journalism, conflict studies

语气: analytical

正确说法

• 这场罢工只是更大规模社会运动的导火索，深层原因在于长期的经济不平等。(This strike was merely the trigger for a larger social movement; the deeper cause lay in prolonged economic inequality.)
• 找准冲突的导火索，才能从根源上化解矛盾。(Identifying the trigger of a conflict accurately is the key to resolving the underlying contradictions.)

错误说法

• 这是个导火索事件 — 导火索 is already a noun; say 这是导火索 or 这件事成为导火索

起源与历史

导 (lead, conduct) + 火 (fire) + 索 (rope, cord) — a rope that leads fire to an explosive

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal