| 单词 | juncture |
| 释义 | junc·ture 1. < at the juncture of four fields — Think > < the juncture of the American Third and Seventh armies — E.K.Lindley & Edward Weintal > < emphasizes the juncture of poetry and music — Gilbert Highet > 2. a. b. 3. < at certain junctures in the dancing, the scalps were raised high in the air — G.H.Fathauer > < at this juncture in history > Synonyms: < we may now be at a vital juncture where the ideals of liberalism can best be achieved through separate institutions and not the omnicompetent state — P.W.Kurtz > < occasions when there may be genuine uncertainty as to who should become prime minister. At such a juncture it is highly desirable to have someone charged with the duty of inviting a suitable person to form a government — R.M.Dawson > pass is stronger than juncture in implying an evil or distressing concurrence or convergence of events or the condition induced by such a concurrence, or, sometimes, a dilemma brought about by it < they did in a desperate pass the best they knew — J.J.Mallon > < the frightful pass to which destiny had brought her — Arnold Bennett > exigency emphasizes the pressures brought to bear or the urgency of the demands created by a special situation, especially a juncture or pass < the exigencies of war > < such travel exigencies as having to scout around for a room when you're tired and want to hole up for the night — Richard Joseph > < social contacts for a presidential couple are pretty well restricted by official exigencies — S.H.Adams > emergency, implying more of a crucial nature but less necessary difficulty than exigency, is a sudden, unforeseen juncture or pass calling for immediate action to avoid disaster < a national emergency > < aid in helping to meet the emergency of a large number of unemployed youths — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < a great social emergency, teenage delinquency — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel > contingency is an event or concurrence of events that is fortuitous, only remotely possible, or uncertain of occurrence < sense and ingenuity may be relied upon to cope with special contingencies — R.F.Heizer > < the bank had accumulated a surplus … which it held against future contingencies and risks — Collier's Year Book > pinch implies pressure or the need for action but without quite the same intensity as emergency or exigency < could always in a pinch pawn my microscope for three pounds — W.S.Maugham > < ready in a pinch to ride roughshod over opposition — William Power > strait, now commonly straits, applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is difficult because of hampering or binding circumstances < a moment of financial strait — F.L.Paxson > < her father died and the family was left in dire financial straits — Current Biography > < the army's truly desperate straits — F.V.W.Mason > crisis applies to a juncture or pass whose outcome will make a decisive difference, especially serving as a turning point as in a life, history, or the course of a disease < her adolescence had passed without the trace of a religious crisis — Aldous Huxley > |
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