crossroads

英 [ˈkrɒsrəʊdz]

美 [ˈkrɔːsroʊdz]

n.  十字路口

高考TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8633 / COCA.9096

习惯用语

n.

at a/the crossroads
• （人生或发展）处于关键时刻；在紧要关头
  at an important point in sb's life or development

牛津词典

noun

• 十字路口
  a place where two roads meet and cross each other
  1. At the next crossroads, turn right.
     在下一个十字路口向右拐。
  2. He has reached a career crossroads (= he must decide which way to go next in his career) .
     他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 十字路口
  Acrossroadsis a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
  1. Turn right at the first crossroads.
     在第一个十字路口向右转。
• N-SING (发展的)关键时刻，紧要关头
  If you say that something isat a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another.
  1. The company was clearly at a crossroads...
     该公司显然处于发展的关键时刻。
  2. They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
     他们的关系发展到了关键阶段。
• N-SING 核心地区;汇集地
  Acrossroadsis an important or central place.
  1. ...Mulberry, a small town at the crossroads of agriculture in central Florida.
     马尔伯里，一个位于佛罗里达州中部农业集中区的小镇

英英释义

noun

• a point where a choice must be made
  1. Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology
• a community of people smaller than a village
  Synonym:hamlet
• a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
  1. at that juncture he had no idea what to do
  2. he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
  Synonym:juncturecritical point

双语例句

• She turned back towards the crossroads
  她折回十字路口。
• A car crash occurred at the crossroads just now.
  刚才在这个十字路口发生了一起车祸。
• He has reached a career crossroads.
  他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。
• But the euro experiment has also brought us to a crossroads in the whole international monetary system.
  但欧元实验也把我们带到了整个国际货币体系的十字路口。
• Europe and the euro are at a crossroads.
  欧洲和欧元已走到一个十字路口。
• When you come to the crossroads, turn left.
  你走到十字路口时朝左拐。
• This is a busy crossroads.
  这是一个繁忙的十字路口。
• There are three crossroads before you turn left.
  在你左转之前有三个十字路口。
• So you mean I should turn right at the second crossroads?
  你是说我应该在第二个十字路口向右转？
• They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
  他们的关系发展到了关键阶段。