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。
• 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。
• With a strong physical and great technique on the field, he often plays an important part at the moment of truth.
  在球场上，他体能充沛，技术娴熟，经常在关键时刻发挥重要作用。
• Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
  两人都知道关键时刻到了。
• On the cringe-inducing hit show The Moment of Truth, guests are shamed into horribly embarrassing admissions on national TV after taking a so-called lie-detector test.
  在一个引介逢迎的节目秀《真相大白》中，客人们通过了一个所谓测谎试验之后，难堪地进入令人极其窘迫的国家电视。
• The moment of truth came following the defeat of Japan.
  决断时刻在日本战败后到来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。