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单词 Rubicon
释义
RubiconRu‧bi‧con /ˈruːbɪkən, -kɒn $ -kɑːn/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINRubicon
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • But tormented though I was with guilt and self-doubt, I knew I had crossed the Rubicon.
  • General Bourbollon's troops are gathering around the capital; he's prepared to cross the Rubicon.
  • On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.
cross the Rubicon to do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change
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