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

• This disappointing situation may finally have reached a turning point.
  这种令人失望的状况最终可能达到一个转折点。
• That programme received critical acclaim and marked a turning point in Sonita's career.
  那个项目赢得了评论界的好评，成为索尼塔事业的转折点。
• The turning point in the war had come.
  战争的转折点来到了。
• Human evolution was at a turning point.
  人类的进化进入了一个转折点。
• Tell of a turning point in your career and what you learned.
  讲述你职业生涯一个转折点，以及你学到了什么。
• 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。
• 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。
• I consider it a turning point in my life.
  我认为它是我生命中的转折点。
• It was a turning point in his career.
  这是他事业上的转折点。