| 词汇 | point-of-no-return |
| 释义 | point of no return noun[ 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: 无退路的地步;欲罢不能的地步 Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.他说道，俄罗斯在改革的道路上已经再无退路了，必须向前走。 Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return.科学家们担心全球变暖已经到了无法遏制的阶段。 Turning points & deciding moments be at a crossroadsidiom boiling point breakthrough brink climax coming of age crunch D-Day defining moment drop-dead date edge flashpoint if/when it comes to the crunchidiom landmark milestone moment red-letter day road to Damascusidiom the moment of truthidiom watershed point of no return | American Dictionarypoint of no return noun[ Cusually 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 return | Business Englishpoint of no return noun[ 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. Examples of point of no returnpoint of no return People must recognize that it is not easy to decide when this pointofnoreturn has arrived (2;4). A pointofnoreturn could easily be left far behind before it was realized what had happened. It proved that decay of the old regime had reached the pointofnoreturn, and that its days in power were numbered. In search of the pointofnoreturn : the control of response processes. Death is the pointofnoreturn. Some even say that we have already gone past the pointofnoreturn. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The pointofnoreturn has been reached. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Are we also willing to subject our climate to the pointofnoreturn? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Their message is clear: their political systems have reached a pointofnoreturn, and change must come now. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The warnings have been sounded and now we really are at the pointofnoreturn in so many aspects of fishing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, will he say whether in this whole matter there comes a pointofnoreturn? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What concerns me is that by waiting until then, we may pass the pointofnoreturn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That, to my mind, is the pointofnoreturn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We in this country may already have passed the pointofnoreturn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must never put it to us that a pointofnoreturn has been passed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of point of no return These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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