hot button

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice; sometimes also one that people seek to delay taking sides on.
    — That issue was mostly solved in the modern forces, but it was still a hot button for every student of modern military history.
  2. The principal desire that a salesman needs to "hit" in order to make a sale.
    — Jack Lacey^([sic]), a top rating salesman, says that sales are made by touching off a “hot button” within the prospect’s mind.’
  3. An emotional trigger; something that arouses strong emotion or opinions.
    — Because when you recognize your main hot button, you can take the necessary steps to diffuse anger and reestablish connectedness in a healthy relationship.
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of hot-button. alt-of,alternative
    — a hot button issue

词形变化

hot buttons plural hot-button alternative hotbutton alternative more hot button comparative most hot button superlative hot-button alternative hotbutton alternative

词汇关系

相关词
hot potato not touch something with a ten-foot pole

词源

词源 1
Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1940s.
词源 2
Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1940s.
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