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单词 point of no return
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point of no returnnoun [ S ]

uk/ˌpɔɪnt əv nəʊ rɪˈtɜːn/us/ˌpɔɪnt əv noʊ rɪˈtɝːn/

the stage at which it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing and when its effects cannot now be avoided or prevented:

Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.
Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return.

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point of no returnnoun [ C usually sing ]

us/ˈpɔɪnt əv ˈnoʊ rɪˈtɜrn/

the stage in a process when it is too late to change what you are doing so that you must continue:

Once the contract is signed, we’ve reached the point of no return.

point of no returnnoun [ S ]

ukus

the stage at which it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing, and when its effects cannot now be avoided or prevented:

In business you know that you may be passing the point of no return when you cannot pay your bills as they fall due.
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