moment of truth

英 [ˈməʊmənt ɒv truːθ]

美 [ˈmoʊmənt əv truːθ]

n.  紧要关头;决定性时刻

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 紧要关头;决定性时刻
  If you refer to a time or event asthe moment of truth, you mean that it is an important time when you must make a decision quickly, and whatever you decide will have important consequences in the future.
  1. Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
     两人都知道关键时刻到了。

英英释义

noun

• a crucial moment on which much depends
• the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

双语例句

• The moment of truth for the Obama administration arrived yesterday when Tim Geithner, Treasury secretary, unveiled a plan for rescuing the US financial system, where the global crisis began.
  奥巴马政府昨日迎来了真相时刻，财长蒂姆·盖特纳（TimGeithner）出台了一份救助美国金融体系的计划。当前全球危机正是发源于美国金融体系。
• This was a moment of truth in which evasion had no place.
  这个真理由不得任何人逃避。
• It could be negotiated with Westminister between now and 2014, avoiding the existential moment of truth altogether.
  这完全可以与英国议会在2014年之前谈判达成，避免出现生死存亡的摊牌。
• If Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are facing their moment of truth, then Israel is fast approaching the point of no return in its relations with the Palestinians.
  如果说叙利亚、伊朗和沙特阿拉伯正在面临各自的关键时刻，那么以色列与巴勒斯坦的关系正在迅速走上不归路。
• The Moment of Truth& Ecological Crisis and Critique of Contemporary Capitalist Economic System
  真言时刻&生态危机与当下资本主义制度批判
• Here is the moment of truth, start the Systems Director server, it should take a few minutes to start the first time.
  下面是揭晓真相的时候了，启动SystemsDirector服务器，首次启动得花费几分钟。
• The moment of truth came one fateful weekend in April 2003 when Resona bank, a small city bank, failed.
  关键时刻发生在2003年4月一个致命的周末，当时，小型城市银行理索纳银行（resonabank）宣告破产。
• This, says Mr Hodges, suggests the moment of truth for commodities may be near.
  霍奇斯表示，这暗示大宗商品的真相时刻可能即将到来。
• The moment of truth has arrived.
  到了说清楚的时候了。
• Chinas steel industry faces a historic moment of truth as it threatens to abandon the traditional benchmark for annual iron ore pricing in an apparent fit of pique at the refusal of the miners to share their profits.
  中国钢铁工业正面临着一个历史性的关键时刻：威胁放弃传统的年度铁矿石定价基准，这显然是出于对铁矿石企业拒绝让利的愤怒。