A trigger-happy person is far too ready to shoot. The picture behind the word is a finger already resting on the trigger, waiting for any small excuse — a noise, a shadow, a person reaching into a pocket. It is not about being a good or bad shot; it is about shooting first and thinking afterwards.

A trigger-happy person is far too ready to shoottrigger-happy的人太隨便就想開槍 The picture behind the word is a finger already resting on the trigger這個字背後的畫面是一根手指已經放在扳機上 waiting for any small excuse等著任何一點小藉口 — a noise, a shadow, a person reaching into a pocket——一個聲響、一個影子、一個人把手伸進口袋 It is not about being a good or bad shot這跟槍法好不好沒有關係 it is about shooting first and thinking afterwards重點是先開槍、後思考

The word is always a criticism. You would use it about a soldier, a police officer, a guard, or a country that goes to war too easily, and you are saying they are dangerous — that people get killed who did not need to die.

The word is always a criticism這個字永遠帶著批評的意味 You would use it about a soldier, a police officer, a guard, or a country that goes to war too easily你會拿它形容軍人、警察、警衛，或太輕易就開戰的國家 and you are saying they are dangerous意思是在說他們很危險 — that people get killed who did not need to die——會害不需要死的人被殺死

Though actually, most of the time people say it about things that have nothing to do with guns. It has spread to mean 'too quick to do anything you cannot take back'.

Though actually不過其實 most of the time people say it about things that have nothing to do with guns大多數時候大家用它講的是跟槍完全無關的事 It has spread to mean 'too quick to do anything you cannot take back'它的意思擴大成「做了就收不回來，卻還太快出手」

A boss who fires staff at the smallest mistake is trigger-happy. So is someone who deletes files, or bans people from a chat group, or sends an angry email at midnight. In tech, people say a system is trigger-happy when it sends alerts for problems that are not really problems.

A boss who fires staff at the smallest mistake is trigger-happy一點小錯就開除員工的老闆就是trigger-happy So is someone who deletes files, or bans people from a chat group, or sends an angry email at midnight動不動就刪檔案、把人踢出群組，或半夜寄出憤怒email的人也是 In tech, people say a system is trigger-happy when it sends alerts for problems that are not really problems在科技領域，一個系統老是為根本不是問題的問題發警報，也會被說是trigger-happy

The gun is still in the word — that is why it sounds serious — but the real meaning has become 'acts too fast, and cannot undo it'.

The gun is still in the word槍的意象還在這個字裡 — that is why it sounds serious ——這就是它聽起來很嚴重的原因—— but the real meaning has become 'acts too fast, and cannot undo it'但真正的意思已經變成「出手太快，還收不回來」

It feels informal, a bit vivid, the kind of thing you say in conversation or read in a newspaper rather than write in a formal report. Note the hyphen: it is written trigger-happy, and it sits before a noun (a trigger-happy cop) or after 'be' (the guards are trigger-happy).

It feels informal, a bit vivid它給人的感覺是口語、有點生動 the kind of thing you say in conversation or read in a newspaper rather than write in a formal report是你會在對話裡說、在報紙上讀到，而不是寫進正式報告的那種說法 Note the hyphen注意連字號 it is written trigger-happy寫成trigger-happy and it sits before a noun (a trigger-happy cop)放在名詞前面（像a trigger-happy cop） or after 'be' (the guards are trigger-happy)或放在be動詞後面（像the guards are trigger-happy）