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单词 trigger point
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Definition of trigger point in English:

trigger point

noun
  • 1A particular circumstance which causes an event.

    导致事件发生的事态(或局面),触发点

    the army's refusal to withdraw from the territory was the trigger point for military action

    军队拒绝从该地区撤出,从而引发了军事行动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pay attention to what kinds of issues, ideas and jokes are trigger points for disagreement.
    • The Reserve Bank, at its discretion, would also resort to additional discretionary actions under each of the trigger points.
    • The new rules will set a trigger point such that when more than 20 new members join a branch in one month it will prompt an investigation.
    • One of the problems with the current hours is that people all tend to leave pubs at the same time and this can be a trigger point for fighting and unruly behaviour.
    • You have a trigger point where you focus on the ball and it's usually just before it's delivered.
    • And this was always the area, I think, where they were going to come, again, because it is such a trigger point, the environment.
    • Initial efforts to identify trigger points and sustainable levels of engagement must continue.
    • What is your sense where the trigger point might be for this president?
    • The trigger point was an average loss of 10% by the 10 worst-performing shares among these 30.
    • To that end, they have published trigger points for more than 100 Scottish exchanges that represent the numbers required to render enablement profitable.
    • This is up for debate, but one thing seems clear: the language used to describe the event is certainly a trigger point for controversy.
  • 2Medicine Physiology
    A sensitive area of the body, stimulation or irritation of which causes a specific effect in another part, especially a tender area in a muscle which causes generalized musculoskeletal pain when overstimulated.

    〔生理,医〕触发点(受刺激后影响身体其他部分的人体敏感区,尤指受过度刺激后引起全身性肌肉与骨骼疼痛的肌肉中疼痛部位)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second was that she worked on trigger points - something so complex that the book on treating those in the arms and upper body is a very large volume.
    • The physician can demonstrate how gentle palpation of the pain trigger point can reproduce the pain and its radiation over a wide area of the abdomen.
    • Palpation of the trigger point will elicit pain directly over the affected area and/or cause radiation of pain toward a zone of reference and a local twitch response.
    • Such injections can be used to treat a tender trigger point in a surgical scar (a presumed neuroma).
    • If your pain is mostly in one particular spot, such as a joint or a trigger point in a specific muscle, your doctor may suggest injecting medication right into the site of your pain.

Definition of trigger point in US English:

trigger point

noun
  • 1A particular circumstance or situation that causes an event to occur.

    导致事件发生的事态(或局面),触发点

    the army's refusal to withdraw from the territory was the trigger point for military action

    军队拒绝从该地区撤出,从而引发了军事行动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the problems with the current hours is that people all tend to leave pubs at the same time and this can be a trigger point for fighting and unruly behaviour.
    • This is up for debate, but one thing seems clear: the language used to describe the event is certainly a trigger point for controversy.
    • You have a trigger point where you focus on the ball and it's usually just before it's delivered.
    • Pay attention to what kinds of issues, ideas and jokes are trigger points for disagreement.
    • The Reserve Bank, at its discretion, would also resort to additional discretionary actions under each of the trigger points.
    • The trigger point was an average loss of 10% by the 10 worst-performing shares among these 30.
    • Initial efforts to identify trigger points and sustainable levels of engagement must continue.
    • And this was always the area, I think, where they were going to come, again, because it is such a trigger point, the environment.
    • The new rules will set a trigger point such that when more than 20 new members join a branch in one month it will prompt an investigation.
    • To that end, they have published trigger points for more than 100 Scottish exchanges that represent the numbers required to render enablement profitable.
    • What is your sense where the trigger point might be for this president?
    1. 1.1Medicine Physiology A sensitive area of the body, stimulation or irritation of which causes a specific effect in another part, especially a tender area in a muscle that causes generalized musculoskeletal pain when overstimulated.
      〔生理,医〕触发点(受刺激后影响身体其他部分的人体敏感区,尤指受过度刺激后引起全身性肌肉与骨骼疼痛的肌肉中疼痛部位)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The physician can demonstrate how gentle palpation of the pain trigger point can reproduce the pain and its radiation over a wide area of the abdomen.
      • If your pain is mostly in one particular spot, such as a joint or a trigger point in a specific muscle, your doctor may suggest injecting medication right into the site of your pain.
      • Such injections can be used to treat a tender trigger point in a surgical scar (a presumed neuroma).
      • The second was that she worked on trigger points - something so complex that the book on treating those in the arms and upper body is a very large volume.
      • Palpation of the trigger point will elicit pain directly over the affected area and/or cause radiation of pain toward a zone of reference and a local twitch response.
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