turning point

英 [ˈtɜːnɪŋ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈtɜːrnɪŋ pɔɪnt]

n.  转折点; 转机

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牛津词典

noun

• 转折点；转机
  the time when an important change takes place, usually with the result that a situation improves
  1. The promotion marked a turning point in her career.
     这次提升标志着她事业上的转折点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 转折点;转机
  Aturning pointis a time at which an important change takes place which affects the future of a person or thing.
  1. The vote yesterday appears to mark something of a turning point in the war...
     昨天的投票似乎标志着战争中的某个转折点。
  2. Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.
     匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。

英英释义

noun

• the intersection of two streets
  1. standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
  Synonym:cornerstreet corner
• an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
  1. the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations
  Synonym:landmarkwatershed

双语例句

• It proved to be a turning point in his life.
  这成了他人生的转折点。
• Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.
  匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。
• These local elections may prove a turning point in more ways than one.
  这些地方选举从许多方面来说都是一个转折点。
• The vote yesterday appears to mark something of a turning point in the war
  昨天的投票似乎标志着战争中的某个转折点。
• So we see this as a turning point for the company, he told the Financial Times.
  因此，我们将此视为本公司的一个转折点，他对英国《金融时报》表示。
• Here is the turning point.
  这里是一个转折点。审查清单上在第2项和第3项之后仍然需要改变的问题。
• This has the makings of a turning point in the country's debt crisis.
  这有可能成为该国债务危机的转折点。
• This was the turning point in her life.
  这是转折点在她的生活中。
• That incident was a turning point in Roosevelt's life.
  这个事件是罗斯福的生活中的一个转折点。
• I had let myself believe that this night would be a turning point.
  我让自己相信那晚是我的一个转折点。