“A Russian bomb is a matter of time.”
俄國人擁有原子彈只是時間問題。
把對手造出核彈說成 a matter of time,等於宣告保密贏不了競賽。
X is a matter of time.
判斷某件難以阻止的事遲早會發生時用,語氣確定;別用來嚇唬人。
It's only a question of when. / It will happen sooner or later.
正式
matter of 連讀,time 放慢收。
A rival app is a matter of time. 競爭對手的應用出現只是時間問題。
