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单词 defining moment
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defining moment
defining moment n. an event or occasion considered (esp. in retrospect) as epitomizing or determining the course of subsequent related events; a turning point.
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1967 Harvard Theol. Rev. 60 497 The liturgical representation of Christ's death constituted the defining moment of the Church and the priesthood.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. vi. 40/1 Walter Mondale has rallied the Democratic establishment. It is a defining moment.
1995 Independent 14 Mar. 1/1 Calling yesterday's 21 to three vote ‘a defining moment in the history of my party’, the Labour leader crossed the last hurdle before the special conference.
2002 MX News 12 Apr. 6/1 Jumping the shark is a shorthand term for that defining moment when you know that your favourite television program has reached its peak.
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