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

• At this moment of truth, you must keep calm.
  在这紧急关头，你要保持镇静。
• Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
  两人都知道关键时刻到了。
• There was a moment of truth in this. She knew it.
  这一瞬间这句问话是真诚的，她心里明白。
• 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。
• But when my moment of truth came, I didn't take a dump down my ieg.
  但是当轮到我对的时候，我才不会吓得尿裤子。
• Although I had anticipated a few suggestions for improvement, I was not prepared for what happened next: The moment of truth arrived during our debriefing session.
  虽然我已经预见到了一些改进建议，我并没有期待会遇到，接下来发生的事情：在分组报告进行时，一个关键时刻来了。
• Now it's the moment of truth: should we stay or leave here?
  现在到了关键时刻：我们是走还是留？
• At the same time, it is the moment of truth for the industrial structure upgrade.
  与此同时，我国的产业结构也处于一个升级转型的关键时期。
• This was a moment of truth in which evasion had no place.
  这个真理由不得任何人逃避。
• 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。