英语词汇“turning point”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A turning point is a specific, significant moment when something begins to change. Historians might say that Rosa Parks's famous bus protest was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.

Looking back at historical events, it's fairly easy to mark various turning points. An individual might notice a turning point as well, like the day you met your best friend or the summer you spent volunteering in India. This figurative meaning of turning point was coined in the 1640s, while a less popular, more literal meaning came along about forty years later: "point at which motion in one direction ceases and that in another or contrary direction begins."

WORD FAMILY

turning point: turning points

USAGE EXAMPLES

It was “definitely a turning point,” as far as offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is concerned.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

The deal is a potential turning point in the six-year civil war.

Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)

The turning point in the project’s star-crossed fate, he said, was a critical funding agreement with the federal government in 2007.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

1n an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

landmark, watershed

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 Damascus

a 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)

juncture, occasion

an event that occurs at a critical time

2n the intersection of two streets

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

corner, street corner

blind corner

a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving

carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection

a junction where one street or road crosses another

单词	turning point
释义	turning point (once / 3779 pages) n A turning point is a specific, significant moment when something begins to change. Historians might say that Rosa Parks's famous bus protest was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Looking back at historical events, it's fairly easy to mark various turning points. An individual might notice a turning point as well, like the day you met your best friend or the summer you spent volunteering in India. This figurative meaning of turning point was coined in the 1640s, while a less popular, more literal meaning came along about forty years later: "point at which motion in one direction ceases and that in another or contrary direction begins." WORD FAMILY turning point: turning points USAGE EXAMPLES It was “definitely a turning point,” as far as offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is concerned. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The deal is a potential turning point in the six-year civil war. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The turning point in the project’s star-crossed fate, he said, was a critical funding agreement with the federal government in 2007. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper landmark, watershed 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 Damascus a 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) juncture, occasion an event that occurs at a critical time 2n the intersection of two streets Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper corner, street corner blind corner a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection a junction where one street or road crosses another
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