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Houses swept by a tsunami smoulder near Sendai Airport in Japan March 11, 2011.
2011年3月11日，仙臺(tái)市機(jī)場附近，海嘯沖毀了房屋，引起了燃燒。
Our planet may burn, millions may die, and cities such as Moscow and New York may smoulder, but at least we will be free of petty regulation and bureaucracy. It seems a stiff price to pay.
我們的星球也許會(huì)燃燒，數(shù)百萬人也許會(huì)死亡，莫斯科和紐約這樣的城市也許會(huì)悶燃?xì)?，但是，至少我們?huì)擺脫瑣碎的管理和官僚主義，而這似乎要付出極其沉重的代價(jià)。
Gaza is only the latest bloody reminder that when this particular conflict is left to smoulder, it tends to ignite with a bang, the reverberations of which travel far beyond Palestine itself.
若放任巴以爭端繼續(xù)升級(jí)，結(jié)果會(huì)以槍聲震驚巴勒斯坦以外的土地。加沙事件只是最近的一個(gè)血淋淋的警告。

So Kashmir is left to smoulder, with dire consequences for its citizens.
ECONOMIST: Kashmir's troubles
Shops and vegetable stalls have been ransacked, and several ministries still smoulder.
ECONOMIST: Stability seems a distant dream

(BURN) to burn slowly with smoke but without flames
(PROBLEM) If a problem or unpleasant situation smoulders, it continues to exist and may become worse at any time.
(EMOTION) If a strong emotion smoulders, it exists, but is prevented from being expressed.
(ROMANTIC FEELINGS) A person who smoulders has strong sexual or romantic feelings but does not express them.

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If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it.
If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way.