| 单词 | point of no return |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoint of no return point of no return n. the position in a journey (esp. by air) beyond which it becomes impossible or impractical to return to the starting point, due to lack of fuel, etc.; (hence figurative) the point at which one becomes irrevocably committed to a course of action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > last stage or point which permits return point of no return1941 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > course > check-point or way-point > limit when first of three engines fails point of no return1941 1941 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 45 306 This three-engined operation data is used to determine our so-called ‘Point of No Return’. Laymen are inevitably intrigued by this fatalistic expression. As a matter of fact it is merely a designation of that limit-point, before which any engine failure requires an immediate turn around and return to the point of departure, and beyond which such return is no longer practical. 1946 E. Hodgins Mr. Blandings builds his Dream House x. 141 He had reached and passed the crucial mark known, in the poetic language of the air navigator, as the Point of No Return. 1958 Times 9 Jan. 10/3 When we were on the way to the Pole we received a request from Dr. Fuchs to establish a further depôt, but we were 240 miles from the Pole, and beyond the point of no return. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain ix. 105 To my consternation I realised that I had let the matter run to the ‘point of no return’. For me to refuse to go on now would..hurt his feelings. 1977 Oxford Diocesan Mag. Oct. 20/3 Scholars may well ‘have passed the point of no return’ in this matter. 1995 D. Carey & J. I. Kirkland First Frontier i. iii. 46 Demanding of her own guts that she not be sucked past the point of no return. < as lemmas |
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