| 词汇 | tipping-point |
| 释义 | tipping point noun[ S or U ] uk /ˈtɪp.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ us /ˈtɪp.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ the time at which a change or an effect cannot be stopped: 临界点，引爆点，爆发点 The earth has already passed the tipping point in terms of global warming.就全球变暖而言，地球已经超出了临界点。 Environmental issues agroecology air pollution anoxia anoxic anti-conservation deforestation dumping ground eco-audit eco-footprint efficiency energy conservation energy security environmental justice environmentalism reduce, reuse, recycleidiom rewilding runoff scrapyard scrubber sequester tipping point | Business Englishtipping point noun[ S ] ukus a time during an activity or process when an important decision has to be made or when a situation changes completely: a tipping point in sthMany developed countries are getting close to a tipping point in their attitude to the environment. be at a tipping pointEmployers could find themselves at a tipping point, where so few employees participate in their health-care plans it threatens their ability to obtain group coverage. reach/approach/near a tipping pointEmployee anger over pay violations in the restaurant industry may have reached a tipping point. Examples of tipping pointtipping point After the tippingpoint has been reached, even those opposed to the technology can no longer avoid it. Within this model, adolescence is described as a period of intense change that serves as the tippingpoint for the onset of borderline personality disorder. He had reached that tippingpoint in the long struggle of the chemically dependent where he star ted to move away from the street. The long-assumed tippingpoint of indigenous agro-pastoralism in the calamitous 1890s (rinderpest, rebellion and retaliatory land seizures) is shown to have had a class and gender dimension. Failure to act now means humankind will hurtle towards a tippingpoint from which there is no return. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We will reach the tippingpoint in this country by focusing and spending the money on the young and subjecting them to intensive, residential rehabilitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are reaching a tippingpoint at which damage is irreversible and, even worse, accelerating. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If that had been the tippingpoint for the panel, there could he concern about whether the panel had checked whether the procedure had taken place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have brought the economy to tippingpoint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Somatic stem cell therapies, which are those that use stem cells extracted from humans after they are born or from the umbilical cord and placenta, are at a tippingpoint. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Consciousness seems to have a tippingpoint or phase transition of sorts, an all-or-nothing cutoff. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The spring then pushes the actuator to the opposite tippingpoint, releasing the spring tension. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wagons would run along a length of temporary track by gravity, until they arrived at the tippingpoint, where they would be emptied. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was excesses that led to the risk of a tippingpoint in many different economies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When a tippingpoint- the critical threshold- is reached, a small change in human activity can have long-term consequences on the environment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of tipping point 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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