| 单词 | juncture |
| 释义 | juncture (once / 1269 pages) 1n 2n A juncture is a crucial point in time when a decision must be made. At this juncture, a president might say, the government must decide whether to go ahead with war or to try to solve things diplomatically. A juncture is a joint or connection between two things. Originally used in the physical sense, it has broadened in meaning to refer to an often urgent decision-making crossroads. At some point you and your partner will reach a critical juncture and have to decide whether to get serious or break up. It can also simply mean "point in time." She had never learned how to drive and, at this juncture, she knew she never would. WORD FAMILYjuncture: junctures USAGE EXAMPLESThe academy was interconnected with Canadian hoops at that juncture. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) The junior senator from Virginia gets that there’s no obvious path to the nomination for him at this juncture. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) But they are particularly unwelcome at this juncture for China’s leader, Xi Jinping. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) 1 n the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper articulation, join, joint, junction esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium connection, connexion, link a connecting shape 1n an event that occurs at a critical time at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave Syn|Hypo|Hyper occasion climax, flood tide the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding conjuncturea critical combination of events or circumstances crisisa crucial stage or turning point in the course of something landmark, turning point, watershedan event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend milestonea significant event in your life (or in a project) head, pass, straitsa difficult juncture reality checkan occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world emergency, exigency, pincha sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action Fall of Man(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death road to Damascusa sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 2n a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made at that juncture he had no idea what to do Syn|Hypo|Hyper critical point, crossroads criticality a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining flash point, flashpointpoint at which something is ready to blow up crisis an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty |
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