crossroads是什么意思？

crossroads

英[ˈkrɒsrəʊdz] 美[ˈkrɔsroʊdz]

• n. 十字路口，转折点，重大的抉择时刻；

复数：crossroads;

例句

• He’s at a crossroads in his career—either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil. 他的事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目前的工作，等着升职，要么就接受巴西的新工作。
• We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of Europe. 我们正处于欧洲历史上一个重要的转捩点。
• He had reached a crossroads in his career. 他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。
• Our army stole a march on the enemy and reached the crossroads an hour ahead of them. 我军偷偷地抢在敌军前面行动,比他们早一小时到达十字路口。
• I’ll stop for you at the crossroads. 我将在十字路口等你。
• the crossroads between psychology and neurology 心理学和精神病学的交叉点
• Take a right turn at the crossroads. 在十字路口右转弯。
• He's at a crossroads in his career — either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil. 他的事业正处在紧要关头,要么继续干目前的工作,等着升职, 要么就接受巴西的新工作.
• Mrs Glick reined in the horse and stopped at the crossroads. 格利克夫人勒住缰绳在十字路口停了下来。
• The traffic policeman took his stand at the crossroads. 交通警察在十字路口站岗.

英语四级真题

Why didn't you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads?
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  十字路口
  A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
  例句
  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 is at a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another.
  例句
  The company was clearly at a crossroads... 该公司显然处于发展的关键时刻。 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
  A crossroads is an important or central place.
  例句
  ...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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  十字路口
  I’ll stop for you at the crossroads. 我将在十字路口等你。 Take a right turn at the crossroads. 在十字路口右转弯。 The traffic policeman took his stand at the crossroads. 交通警察在十字路口站岗。 Our army stole a march on the enemy and reached the crossroads an hour ahead of them. 我军偷偷地抢在敌军前面行动,比他们早一小时到达十字路口。
  转折点;重大的抉择时刻
  He had reached a crossroads in his career. 他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。
  处于关键时刻；在紧要关头
  We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of Europe. 我们正处于欧洲历史上一个重要的转捩点。 He’s at a crossroads in his career—either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil. 他的事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目前的工作，等着升职，要么就接受巴西的新工作。

英英词典释义

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