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单词 turning point
释义
turning point
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈtɜː.nɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/us
/ˈtɝː.nɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/
thetimeat which asituationstartstochangein animportantway:
转折点，转机
Theorganizationcalled the newregulationsaturningpointinthecampaignagainstsmoking.该组织称这些新规定是禁烟运动的转折点。
Theturningpointin herpoliticalcareercame when she waschosentorunfor aSenateseat.她被推选参加竞选参议院议员，这成为她政治生涯的转折点。
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Turning points & deciding moments
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  • crunch
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  • edge
  • if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
  • landmark
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(Definition ofturning pointfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

turning point| American Dictionary

turning point
noun[C]
us
/ˈtɜr·nɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/
thetimewhen asituationstartstochangein animportant,esp.positive, way:
Having thebabywas a turning point intheirlives.
literature
The turning point in aworkofliteratureis themomentorsectionwhen theactionbeginstomovetoward theclimax(= the mostimportantorexcitingpart).
(Definition ofturning pointfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

turning point| Business English

turning point
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
us
atimewhen asituationstartstochangein animportantway:
be at/mark/reach a turning pointFigurespublishedlastmonthsuggestthehousingmarketis at aturningpoint.
Theturningpointcamewhen the company'sproductswerefeaturedin thenationalpress.
acrucial/real/significantturningpoint
(Definition ofturning pointfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofturning point

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If no suchturningpointcould be identified, the measurement was taken at mid-point.
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For the healthcare systems of both countries the postwar period was aturningpoint.
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The income level at which theturningpointoccurs is however unaffected by the normalization procedure.
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Aturningpointis one in which the average developmental trajectory is disrupted in a positive or negative fashion.
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The year 1948 was aturningpoint; it saw the emergence of an information metanarrative.
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Theturningpointcame in one of those public moments of humiliation commonly undergone by prima donnas.
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When the inner electron reaches its innerturningpoint, the outer electron experiences a net attractive force from the screened nuclear potential.
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Aturningpointseems to have been reached sometime in 1933.
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Turningpointpredictions are calculated using a two quarters rule, as detailed in the next section.
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The trajectory of theturningpointis dense for almost all tent maps.
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In this historical perspective, available evidence shows that theturningpointcame in the early 1950s.
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Theturningpointfor him came with understanding the interpretation of negative and imaginary numbers as points on the complex plane.
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However, the impending release of a high-quality draft genome sequence in 2005 should mark aturningpointin these efforts.
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But the position of theturningpointis indeterminate only because they assume general functional forms for the utility and abatement functions.
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A major focus of attention is the behavior of the restriction of the map to the closure of the orbit of theturningpoint.
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