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

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?crises;

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)持通過外交方式解決危機(jī)。

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2. An end to the crisis seems a long way off.
這場危機(jī)看來遠(yuǎn)未結(jié)束。

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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)。

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4. The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.
政府沒有采取任何行動(dòng)對這次危機(jī)進(jìn)行干預(yù)。

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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)。

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