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词汇 defining-moment
释义 defining moment
noun[ C ]
uk /dɪˌfaɪ.nɪŋ ˈməʊ.mənt/ us /dɪˌfaɪ.nɪŋ ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very important point in a period of time or a very important event, that people will remember as having changed a situation in an important way:
The end of the Cold War was a defining moment for the world in more ways than one.从很多方面来讲,冷战的结束是世界的一个转折点。
In years to come, people will look back on this as a defining moment in the country's history.
The exhibition featured photographs of some of the defining moments in her career.
The protest sparked the civil rights movement and is arguably one of the defining moments of the century.
This is a defining moment for our industry and we must rise to the challenge.
The defining moment of his presidency was negotiating the peace agreement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Turning points & deciding moments
be at a crossroadsidiom
boiling point
breakthrough
brink
climax
coming of age
crunch
D-Day
drop-dead date
edge
flashpoint
if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
landmark
make or break somethingidiom
moment
point of no return
red-letter day
road to Damascusidiom
the moment of truthidiom
watershed

Examples of defining moment


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Macpherson may well be a definingmoment in police and community relations in our country, but the report and its recommendations are not revolutionary in all respects.
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Unilever's decision could represent a definingmoment for the palm oil industry.
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Freud considered this realization a definingmoment in a series of transitions towards a mature female sexuality and gender identity.
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Jones declares this the birth of one; a definingmoment in history of mathematics.
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Diddley praised their cover as beautiful and it has been called a definingmoment for the band.
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Perth subsequently lost on penalties, but this definingmoment galvanised the team and would be a motivating force for years to come.
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Praline's definingmoment came in three episodes later, when he attempted to return his recently purchased dead parrot to the pet shop from which he had bought it.
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Despite the caesura of 1989, 1945 still remains the definingmoment for the present.
The middle colonial period was therefore a definingmoment with respect to both the collection of data and the production of policy proposals.
The loss of his son was a crushing blow and the definingmoment of his life.
It was a definingmoment.
It was apparent that the protest movement had been a definingmoment in their lives.
As was mentioned earlier, each of us, especially as politicians, can talk a definingmoment into a crisis.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The past 10 days have been a watershed, a definingmoment for the peace process.
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This week may also be a definingmoment in a political sense.
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