| 单词 | crossroads |
| 释义 | crossroads (krɒsroʊdz , US krɔːs- ) Word forms: crossroads 1. countable noun B2 A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other. Turn right at the first crossroads. 2. singular noun [oft at a N] If you say that something is at a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another. The company was clearly at a crossroads. They had reached a crossroads in their relationship. 3. singular noun [usually with supplement] A crossroads is an important or central place. [mainly US] ...Mulberry, a small town at the crossroads of agriculture in central Florida. Collocations: reach a crossroads This is not the first time cycling has reached a crossroads or that it has had to begin anew. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We have reached a crossroads where there is more choice for the public and for lawyers. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They had reached a crossroads in their relationship. Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988) But now he had reached a crossroads. Times, Sunday Times (2008) You sense that a relationship has reached a crossroads - and can decide which direction it should take. The Sun (2008) Translations: Chinese: 十字路口 Japanese: 交差路 |
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