Definition of burning in English:

burning

adjective ˈbəːnɪŋˈbərnɪŋ

1On fire.
a burning building
Example sentencesExamples
- During the Bradford riots many small fires, including burning cars, were left to burn for long periods.
- As she walked, she played with the fire on the burning torches that lined the walls of the corridor.
- Walking to a still burning fire nearby, she turned it over and in the low light saw it was inscribed.
- The fire started when a burning scented candle on a window ledge ignited the curtains.
- She ran, conscious only of the burning fire in her straining lungs and the ache in her side.
- The thing's grin pulled wider as he reached down and picked up a burning timber from the fire.
- At one fire he was showered in burning liquid, setting fire to his clothes and losing half of his moustache.
- He was shaken out of his thoughts by a thud, as another burning arrow was fired at the broken window.
- He was illuminated by the fire of the burning building, and he could feel all of their eyes on him.
- Pensioner Anthony Tanner was left highly distressed after a vandal tried to set his house on fire with a burning newspaper.
- She looked over toward the living room and saw the soft flickering light from a burning fire.
- The makeshift cave was lit by the fire of a few burning torches connected to the walls by age old rusty iron rings and stands.
- They managed to escape the burning building and once outside, contacted the fire service.
- He was in a burning building, the fire was below him and it was a long way down to get out.
- The Fire Brigade extinguished a blaze on a semi trailer, a grass fire and a burning overturned car and caravan.
- I took a stick of red wax and held it over the fire of a burning candle until it was so hot that it dripped.
- He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself.
- He grabbed a burning stick from the fire as Egil had done and made his way back into the tunnel.
- He stroked my face as he said this, drawing burning lines of fire wherever the tip of his thumb went.
- Even as she waved for help from the burning aircraft, fire devoured her within seconds.
Synonyms
blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited, glowing, red-hot, flickering, smouldering
scorching, raging, roaring, live
1. 1.1 Very hot or bright.
  the burning midday sun
  Example sentencesExamples
  She looked past him, not at him, and the sun had become a burning ember beneath that far off hill.
  There was a flash of light more intense than a thousand suns and a burning heat.
  Scouts were usually seen playing in the water to escape the burning sun's rays and get cooled down.
  I helped unearth it and I know the burning salt sands were too tightly packed to have just been recently patted down.
  His brown skin glistens in the burning noon sun, and his hair is tousled, streaked brown.
  It is not a total sun block and is designed to filter most of the sun's harmful burning rays while still allowing tanning.
  Then we slip into Caribbean time and spend the next two hours talking and watching the waves run up the beach in the burning afternoon sun.
  In the center of the ring lay a prone Johnson with his hand covering his eyes from the burning hot Cuban afternoon sun.
  The reporter said that officers had forced him to sit in liquid sewage and kept him for hours in the burning sun.
  I stood on deck in the burning sun, searching for that invisible equatorial line.
  That looked to be it as the sides laboured under the burning sun, but the encounter exploded in the closing 10 minutes.
  Heat and boiling air struck her face like a hammer as she fell to the burning sand.
  These elephants stand throughout the day in the burning sun with heavy chains on their legs.
  In parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, the roasting is done by the burning sun.
  Theo and I climbed and scrambled until midday under a burning sun.
  It is a long way from the burning deserts of Arizona to the gateway to Russia.
  She fell to the ground with a soft thud, blacking out before even hitting the burning sands.
  It was malicious, horrible, with two small red eyes as bright as points of burning coal.
  Many feared that the soles of their standard issue boots would tend to melt on the burning desert sands.
  This morning I noticed a cherry tree which has begun its spiralling journey towards the burning brights of autumn colour.
  Synonyms
  extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking (hot), blazing (hot), flaming, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch
  parching, withering
  North American broiling
  informal baking, boiling (hot), roasting, sizzling
2. 1.2 Very keenly or deeply felt; intense.
  he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management
  Example sentencesExamples
  Malquin shook on his knees, the new wound only adding to the burning fires of pain inside of him.
  He said he hopes to make a comfortable living from acting - that's his burning ambition.
  The usually quiet brother looked into his father's face with burning fire in his eyes.
  It was always her burning ambition to see her mother's name cleared.
  Then, in the light of the dimly burning fire in the heart he went to her.
  Synonyms
  intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, ardent, urgent, fervent, fierce, earnest, eager, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, frantic, consuming, extreme, acute, raging, blazing, uncontrollable
  rare fervid, perfervid, passional
3. 1.3 Of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate.
  pension reform is still a burning issue
  the burning question of independence
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whether the overwhelming majority of them have a future in the area is the burning issue.
  I am a young man with a burning question: Does an engagement ring have to be a diamond?
  That's the burning question I pose to my boyfriend as we tool around the suburbs looking for a decent place to eat.
  The burning issue now is for all of us to keep vigil and stop the contractors from bringing down the tree at night.
  Why and how did Mr. Modi's future become a burning issue at the start of what was supposed to be a relaxed vacation?
  The burning issue of environmental pollution cries out for joint action.
  The golf lived up to all you would expect and the burning question was just who would lift the Captain's prize?
  Now we all know the answer to the once burning question is a resounding yes!
  As for the burning question of the moment - will the major media cover this story or bury it?
  Could your Letters page solve the burning question of the new year?
  While everything seems to be clicking into place, there is however, one burning question.
  The burning question is how their research arms could hope to survive as stand-alone profit centres.
  The burning question is, is there someone out there who can give an honest and reliable answer to this transport problem?
  The burning question that has been plaguing me for months has finally been answered.
  One of my students from Japan had a burning question she wanted to ask.
  This was the burning question at a special seminar held on Wednesday to demonstrate how the fire brigade would spring into action.
  Here is the burning question: Would you vote for this kind of man for Prime Minister?
  For all the opera companies in Britain it's the burning question.
  A pump operator from the Water Board said the meeting was very important and a burning issue.
  The Government's arson control forum is dishing up £133,000 to tackle the burning issue.
  Synonyms
  important, crucial, significant, prevalent, pertinent, relevant, topical, current, contemporary, of interest, active, live, controversial, urgent, pressing, compelling, critical, vital, lively, essential, acute, pivotal, climacteric

Derivatives

burningly

adverb

I hiss slightly, burningly angry that they did that.
Example sentencesExamples
- Moreover, Thomas Carlyle and Satie's mother were both Scottish, not English, and the burningly radical Carlyle was not exactly ‘a conservative thinker’.
- There are few things I definitely, absolutely, burningly desire to own.
- I don't think anybody could live that burningly honest all the time.
- The two seem to merge, briefly and burningly, in the poem ‘Max,’ in which the speaker mourns all that she has lost, both personal and public.

Definition of burning in US English:

burning

adjectiveˈbərniNGˈbərnɪŋ

1attributive On fire.
a burning building
Example sentencesExamples
- He was illuminated by the fire of the burning building, and he could feel all of their eyes on him.
- The Fire Brigade extinguished a blaze on a semi trailer, a grass fire and a burning overturned car and caravan.
- Walking to a still burning fire nearby, she turned it over and in the low light saw it was inscribed.
- During the Bradford riots many small fires, including burning cars, were left to burn for long periods.
- Even as she waved for help from the burning aircraft, fire devoured her within seconds.
- He was shaken out of his thoughts by a thud, as another burning arrow was fired at the broken window.
- She ran, conscious only of the burning fire in her straining lungs and the ache in her side.
- He stroked my face as he said this, drawing burning lines of fire wherever the tip of his thumb went.
- Pensioner Anthony Tanner was left highly distressed after a vandal tried to set his house on fire with a burning newspaper.
- She looked over toward the living room and saw the soft flickering light from a burning fire.
- At one fire he was showered in burning liquid, setting fire to his clothes and losing half of his moustache.
- The makeshift cave was lit by the fire of a few burning torches connected to the walls by age old rusty iron rings and stands.
- I took a stick of red wax and held it over the fire of a burning candle until it was so hot that it dripped.
- The thing's grin pulled wider as he reached down and picked up a burning timber from the fire.
- He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself.
- The fire started when a burning scented candle on a window ledge ignited the curtains.
- As she walked, she played with the fire on the burning torches that lined the walls of the corridor.
- They managed to escape the burning building and once outside, contacted the fire service.
- He grabbed a burning stick from the fire as Egil had done and made his way back into the tunnel.
- He was in a burning building, the fire was below him and it was a long way down to get out.
Synonyms
blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited, glowing, red-hot, flickering, smouldering
1. 1.1 Very hot or bright.
  burning desert sands
  Example sentencesExamples
  This morning I noticed a cherry tree which has begun its spiralling journey towards the burning brights of autumn colour.
  It was malicious, horrible, with two small red eyes as bright as points of burning coal.
  I helped unearth it and I know the burning salt sands were too tightly packed to have just been recently patted down.
  In the center of the ring lay a prone Johnson with his hand covering his eyes from the burning hot Cuban afternoon sun.
  There was a flash of light more intense than a thousand suns and a burning heat.
  Scouts were usually seen playing in the water to escape the burning sun's rays and get cooled down.
  Theo and I climbed and scrambled until midday under a burning sun.
  She looked past him, not at him, and the sun had become a burning ember beneath that far off hill.
  Many feared that the soles of their standard issue boots would tend to melt on the burning desert sands.
  The reporter said that officers had forced him to sit in liquid sewage and kept him for hours in the burning sun.
  That looked to be it as the sides laboured under the burning sun, but the encounter exploded in the closing 10 minutes.
  Then we slip into Caribbean time and spend the next two hours talking and watching the waves run up the beach in the burning afternoon sun.
  It is a long way from the burning deserts of Arizona to the gateway to Russia.
  These elephants stand throughout the day in the burning sun with heavy chains on their legs.
  Heat and boiling air struck her face like a hammer as she fell to the burning sand.
  It is not a total sun block and is designed to filter most of the sun's harmful burning rays while still allowing tanning.
  His brown skin glistens in the burning noon sun, and his hair is tousled, streaked brown.
  In parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, the roasting is done by the burning sun.
  She fell to the ground with a soft thud, blacking out before even hitting the burning sands.
  I stood on deck in the burning sun, searching for that invisible equatorial line.
  Synonyms
  extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking, baking hot, blazing, blazing hot, flaming, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch
2. 1.2 Very keenly or deeply felt; intense.
  he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was always her burning ambition to see her mother's name cleared.
  He said he hopes to make a comfortable living from acting - that's his burning ambition.
  The usually quiet brother looked into his father's face with burning fire in his eyes.
  Malquin shook on his knees, the new wound only adding to the burning fires of pain inside of him.
  Then, in the light of the dimly burning fire in the heart he went to her.
  Synonyms
  intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, ardent, urgent, fervent, fervid, fierce, earnest, eager, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, frantic, consuming, extreme, acute, raging, blazing, uncontrollable
3. 1.3 Of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate.
  the burning question of independence
  democracy remains a burning issue
  Example sentencesExamples
  Could your Letters page solve the burning question of the new year?
  The Government's arson control forum is dishing up £133,000 to tackle the burning issue.
  While everything seems to be clicking into place, there is however, one burning question.
  Why and how did Mr. Modi's future become a burning issue at the start of what was supposed to be a relaxed vacation?
  Now we all know the answer to the once burning question is a resounding yes!
  The burning question is how their research arms could hope to survive as stand-alone profit centres.
  A pump operator from the Water Board said the meeting was very important and a burning issue.
  The burning issue now is for all of us to keep vigil and stop the contractors from bringing down the tree at night.
  Here is the burning question: Would you vote for this kind of man for Prime Minister?
  This was the burning question at a special seminar held on Wednesday to demonstrate how the fire brigade would spring into action.
  The golf lived up to all you would expect and the burning question was just who would lift the Captain's prize?
  The burning question is, is there someone out there who can give an honest and reliable answer to this transport problem?
  I am a young man with a burning question: Does an engagement ring have to be a diamond?
  For all the opera companies in Britain it's the burning question.
  The burning question that has been plaguing me for months has finally been answered.
  As for the burning question of the moment - will the major media cover this story or bury it?
  Whether the overwhelming majority of them have a future in the area is the burning issue.
  One of my students from Japan had a burning question she wanted to ask.
  That's the burning question I pose to my boyfriend as we tool around the suburbs looking for a decent place to eat.
  The burning issue of environmental pollution cries out for joint action.
  Synonyms
  important, crucial, significant, prevalent, pertinent, relevant, topical, current, contemporary, of interest, active, live, controversial, urgent, pressing, compelling, critical, vital, lively, essential, acute, pivotal, climacteric

单词	burning
释义	Definition of burning in English: burning adjective ˈbəːnɪŋˈbərnɪŋ 1On fire. a burning building Example sentencesExamples During the Bradford riots many small fires, including burning cars, were left to burn for long periods. As she walked, she played with the fire on the burning torches that lined the walls of the corridor. Walking to a still burning fire nearby, she turned it over and in the low light saw it was inscribed. The fire started when a burning scented candle on a window ledge ignited the curtains. She ran, conscious only of the burning fire in her straining lungs and the ache in her side. The thing's grin pulled wider as he reached down and picked up a burning timber from the fire. At one fire he was showered in burning liquid, setting fire to his clothes and losing half of his moustache. He was shaken out of his thoughts by a thud, as another burning arrow was fired at the broken window. He was illuminated by the fire of the burning building, and he could feel all of their eyes on him. Pensioner Anthony Tanner was left highly distressed after a vandal tried to set his house on fire with a burning newspaper. She looked over toward the living room and saw the soft flickering light from a burning fire. The makeshift cave was lit by the fire of a few burning torches connected to the walls by age old rusty iron rings and stands. They managed to escape the burning building and once outside, contacted the fire service. He was in a burning building, the fire was below him and it was a long way down to get out. The Fire Brigade extinguished a blaze on a semi trailer, a grass fire and a burning overturned car and caravan. I took a stick of red wax and held it over the fire of a burning candle until it was so hot that it dripped. He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself. He grabbed a burning stick from the fire as Egil had done and made his way back into the tunnel. He stroked my face as he said this, drawing burning lines of fire wherever the tip of his thumb went. Even as she waved for help from the burning aircraft, fire devoured her within seconds. Synonyms blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited, glowing, red-hot, flickering, smouldering scorching, raging, roaring, live 1.1 Very hot or bright. the burning midday sun Example sentencesExamples She looked past him, not at him, and the sun had become a burning ember beneath that far off hill. There was a flash of light more intense than a thousand suns and a burning heat. Scouts were usually seen playing in the water to escape the burning sun's rays and get cooled down. I helped unearth it and I know the burning salt sands were too tightly packed to have just been recently patted down. His brown skin glistens in the burning noon sun, and his hair is tousled, streaked brown. It is not a total sun block and is designed to filter most of the sun's harmful burning rays while still allowing tanning. Then we slip into Caribbean time and spend the next two hours talking and watching the waves run up the beach in the burning afternoon sun. In the center of the ring lay a prone Johnson with his hand covering his eyes from the burning hot Cuban afternoon sun. The reporter said that officers had forced him to sit in liquid sewage and kept him for hours in the burning sun. I stood on deck in the burning sun, searching for that invisible equatorial line. That looked to be it as the sides laboured under the burning sun, but the encounter exploded in the closing 10 minutes. Heat and boiling air struck her face like a hammer as she fell to the burning sand. These elephants stand throughout the day in the burning sun with heavy chains on their legs. In parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, the roasting is done by the burning sun. Theo and I climbed and scrambled until midday under a burning sun. It is a long way from the burning deserts of Arizona to the gateway to Russia. She fell to the ground with a soft thud, blacking out before even hitting the burning sands. It was malicious, horrible, with two small red eyes as bright as points of burning coal. Many feared that the soles of their standard issue boots would tend to melt on the burning desert sands. This morning I noticed a cherry tree which has begun its spiralling journey towards the burning brights of autumn colour. Synonyms extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking (hot), blazing (hot), flaming, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch parching, withering North American broiling informal baking, boiling (hot), roasting, sizzling 1.2 Very keenly or deeply felt; intense. he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management Example sentencesExamples Malquin shook on his knees, the new wound only adding to the burning fires of pain inside of him. He said he hopes to make a comfortable living from acting - that's his burning ambition. The usually quiet brother looked into his father's face with burning fire in his eyes. It was always her burning ambition to see her mother's name cleared. Then, in the light of the dimly burning fire in the heart he went to her. Synonyms intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, ardent, urgent, fervent, fierce, earnest, eager, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, frantic, consuming, extreme, acute, raging, blazing, uncontrollable rare fervid, perfervid, passional 1.3 Of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate. pension reform is still a burning issue the burning question of independence Example sentencesExamples Whether the overwhelming majority of them have a future in the area is the burning issue. I am a young man with a burning question: Does an engagement ring have to be a diamond? That's the burning question I pose to my boyfriend as we tool around the suburbs looking for a decent place to eat. The burning issue now is for all of us to keep vigil and stop the contractors from bringing down the tree at night. Why and how did Mr. Modi's future become a burning issue at the start of what was supposed to be a relaxed vacation? The burning issue of environmental pollution cries out for joint action. The golf lived up to all you would expect and the burning question was just who would lift the Captain's prize? Now we all know the answer to the once burning question is a resounding yes! As for the burning question of the moment - will the major media cover this story or bury it? Could your Letters page solve the burning question of the new year? While everything seems to be clicking into place, there is however, one burning question. The burning question is how their research arms could hope to survive as stand-alone profit centres. The burning question is, is there someone out there who can give an honest and reliable answer to this transport problem? The burning question that has been plaguing me for months has finally been answered. One of my students from Japan had a burning question she wanted to ask. This was the burning question at a special seminar held on Wednesday to demonstrate how the fire brigade would spring into action. Here is the burning question: Would you vote for this kind of man for Prime Minister? For all the opera companies in Britain it's the burning question. A pump operator from the Water Board said the meeting was very important and a burning issue. The Government's arson control forum is dishing up £133,000 to tackle the burning issue. Synonyms important, crucial, significant, prevalent, pertinent, relevant, topical, current, contemporary, of interest, active, live, controversial, urgent, pressing, compelling, critical, vital, lively, essential, acute, pivotal, climacteric Derivatives burningly adverb I hiss slightly, burningly angry that they did that. Example sentencesExamples Moreover, Thomas Carlyle and Satie's mother were both Scottish, not English, and the burningly radical Carlyle was not exactly ‘a conservative thinker’. There are few things I definitely, absolutely, burningly desire to own. I don't think anybody could live that burningly honest all the time. The two seem to merge, briefly and burningly, in the poem ‘Max,’ in which the speaker mourns all that she has lost, both personal and public. Definition of burning in US English: burning adjectiveˈbərniNGˈbərnɪŋ 1attributive On fire. a burning building Example sentencesExamples He was illuminated by the fire of the burning building, and he could feel all of their eyes on him. The Fire Brigade extinguished a blaze on a semi trailer, a grass fire and a burning overturned car and caravan. Walking to a still burning fire nearby, she turned it over and in the low light saw it was inscribed. During the Bradford riots many small fires, including burning cars, were left to burn for long periods. Even as she waved for help from the burning aircraft, fire devoured her within seconds. He was shaken out of his thoughts by a thud, as another burning arrow was fired at the broken window. She ran, conscious only of the burning fire in her straining lungs and the ache in her side. He stroked my face as he said this, drawing burning lines of fire wherever the tip of his thumb went. Pensioner Anthony Tanner was left highly distressed after a vandal tried to set his house on fire with a burning newspaper. She looked over toward the living room and saw the soft flickering light from a burning fire. At one fire he was showered in burning liquid, setting fire to his clothes and losing half of his moustache. The makeshift cave was lit by the fire of a few burning torches connected to the walls by age old rusty iron rings and stands. I took a stick of red wax and held it over the fire of a burning candle until it was so hot that it dripped. The thing's grin pulled wider as he reached down and picked up a burning timber from the fire. He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself. The fire started when a burning scented candle on a window ledge ignited the curtains. As she walked, she played with the fire on the burning torches that lined the walls of the corridor. They managed to escape the burning building and once outside, contacted the fire service. He grabbed a burning stick from the fire as Egil had done and made his way back into the tunnel. He was in a burning building, the fire was below him and it was a long way down to get out. Synonyms blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited, glowing, red-hot, flickering, smouldering 1.1 Very hot or bright. burning desert sands Example sentencesExamples This morning I noticed a cherry tree which has begun its spiralling journey towards the burning brights of autumn colour. It was malicious, horrible, with two small red eyes as bright as points of burning coal. I helped unearth it and I know the burning salt sands were too tightly packed to have just been recently patted down. In the center of the ring lay a prone Johnson with his hand covering his eyes from the burning hot Cuban afternoon sun. There was a flash of light more intense than a thousand suns and a burning heat. Scouts were usually seen playing in the water to escape the burning sun's rays and get cooled down. Theo and I climbed and scrambled until midday under a burning sun. She looked past him, not at him, and the sun had become a burning ember beneath that far off hill. Many feared that the soles of their standard issue boots would tend to melt on the burning desert sands. The reporter said that officers had forced him to sit in liquid sewage and kept him for hours in the burning sun. That looked to be it as the sides laboured under the burning sun, but the encounter exploded in the closing 10 minutes. Then we slip into Caribbean time and spend the next two hours talking and watching the waves run up the beach in the burning afternoon sun. It is a long way from the burning deserts of Arizona to the gateway to Russia. These elephants stand throughout the day in the burning sun with heavy chains on their legs. Heat and boiling air struck her face like a hammer as she fell to the burning sand. It is not a total sun block and is designed to filter most of the sun's harmful burning rays while still allowing tanning. His brown skin glistens in the burning noon sun, and his hair is tousled, streaked brown. In parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, the roasting is done by the burning sun. She fell to the ground with a soft thud, blacking out before even hitting the burning sands. I stood on deck in the burning sun, searching for that invisible equatorial line. Synonyms extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking, baking hot, blazing, blazing hot, flaming, fiery, blistering, scorching, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch 1.2 Very keenly or deeply felt; intense. he had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management Example sentencesExamples It was always her burning ambition to see her mother's name cleared. He said he hopes to make a comfortable living from acting - that's his burning ambition. The usually quiet brother looked into his father's face with burning fire in his eyes. Malquin shook on his knees, the new wound only adding to the burning fires of pain inside of him. Then, in the light of the dimly burning fire in the heart he went to her. Synonyms intense, passionate, deep-seated, profound, wholehearted, strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, ardent, urgent, fervent, fervid, fierce, earnest, eager, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, frantic, consuming, extreme, acute, raging, blazing, uncontrollable 1.3 Of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate. the burning question of independence democracy remains a burning issue Example sentencesExamples Could your Letters page solve the burning question of the new year? The Government's arson control forum is dishing up £133,000 to tackle the burning issue. While everything seems to be clicking into place, there is however, one burning question. Why and how did Mr. Modi's future become a burning issue at the start of what was supposed to be a relaxed vacation? Now we all know the answer to the once burning question is a resounding yes! The burning question is how their research arms could hope to survive as stand-alone profit centres. A pump operator from the Water Board said the meeting was very important and a burning issue. The burning issue now is for all of us to keep vigil and stop the contractors from bringing down the tree at night. Here is the burning question: Would you vote for this kind of man for Prime Minister? This was the burning question at a special seminar held on Wednesday to demonstrate how the fire brigade would spring into action. The golf lived up to all you would expect and the burning question was just who would lift the Captain's prize? The burning question is, is there someone out there who can give an honest and reliable answer to this transport problem? I am a young man with a burning question: Does an engagement ring have to be a diamond? For all the opera companies in Britain it's the burning question. The burning question that has been plaguing me for months has finally been answered. As for the burning question of the moment - will the major media cover this story or bury it? Whether the overwhelming majority of them have a future in the area is the burning issue. One of my students from Japan had a burning question she wanted to ask. That's the burning question I pose to my boyfriend as we tool around the suburbs looking for a decent place to eat. The burning issue of environmental pollution cries out for joint action. Synonyms important, crucial, significant, prevalent, pertinent, relevant, topical, current, contemporary, of interest, active, live, controversial, urgent, pressing, compelling, critical, vital, lively, essential, acute, pivotal, climacteric
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