crisis
英 ['kra?s?s]
美 ['kra?s?s]
- n. 危機(jī)；危險(xiǎn)期；決定性時(shí)刻
- adj. 危機(jī)的；用于處理危機(jī)的
助記提示
1. "turning point in a disease" 病情的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。
2. 能夠看清楚、能夠判斷、能夠下決定、能夠辨別、區(qū)分病情情況的病情轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。當(dāng)病情發(fā)展到這個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)時(shí)才能夠判斷病情是會(huì)好轉(zhuǎn)還是惡化等。
中文詞源
crisis 危機(jī)PIE*krei, 區(qū)分，篩選，詞源同crime, critic. 進(jìn)一步來(lái)自PIE*sker, 砍，劈，詞源同shear,carnal. 引申義區(qū)分，選擇，危機(jī)。
英文詞源
- crisis (n.)
- early 15c., from Latinized form of Greek krisis "turning point in a disease" (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally "judgment, result of a trial, selection," from krinein "to separate, decide, judge," from PIE root *krei- "to sieve, discriminate, distinguish" (cognates: Greek krinesthai "to explain;" Old English hriddel "sieve;" Latin cribrum "sieve," crimen "judgment, crime," cernere (past participle cretus) "to sift, separate;" Old Irish criathar, Old Welsh cruitr "sieve;" Middle Irish crich "border, boundary"). Transferred non-medical sense is 1620s in English. A German term for "mid-life crisis" is Torschlusspanik, literally "shut-door-panic," fear of being on the wrong side of a closing gate.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Kremlin is still insisting on a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
- 俄羅斯中央政府依然堅(jiān)持通過(guò)外交方式解決危機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. An end to the crisis seems a long way off.
- 這場(chǎng)危機(jī)看來(lái)遠(yuǎn)未結(jié)束。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis.
- 政府正采取緊急措施解決住房危機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.
- 政府沒(méi)有采取任何行動(dòng)對(duì)這次危機(jī)進(jìn)行干預(yù)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another.
- 州政府陷入一個(gè)又一個(gè)的預(yù)算危機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句