breaking point

noun

1. （问题难以遏制的）顶点，极限
   the time when problems become so great that a person, an organization or a system can no longer deal with them
   1. to be at/to reach breaking point
      处于 / 达到极限
   2. to be stretched to breaking point
      已抻至极限

1. N-UNCOUNT 崩溃点；极点；极限
   If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
   1. The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point...
      关于这一暴动的报道暴露出监狱系统已经达到了承受极限。
   2. Families round here are at breaking point. They have been on half wages since October...
      这附近的家庭已经忍无可忍了。从10月以来他们就一直只领一半的薪水。
   3. The breaking point came when he had to sack his deputy Prime Minister.
      他万般无奈，不得不解除副总理的职务。

1. Their five-year relationship was strained beyond breaking point
   他们五年的关系已经紧张到无法维系。
2. The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point
   关于这一暴动的报道暴露出监狱系统已经达到了承受极限。
3. Families round here are at breaking point. They have been on half wages since October
   这附近的家庭已经忍无可忍了。从10月以来他们就一直只领一半的薪水。
4. Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point
   吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。
5. Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
   分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。
6. This process can significantly stretch your human resources to the breaking point.
   此过程可有效地延伸人力资源以消除断点。
7. At nearly the breaking point, he gets a chance to fight again.
   在几近崩析的时刻，他得到了一个再次站上拳击台的机会。
8. What is your breaking point and when would you leave a job over a coworker?
   你的底线是什么？在什么情况下，你会因为同事而辞职？
9. The relationship between the Palestinians and their host was often close to breaking point.
   在那个时候，巴勒斯坦和他主人的关系几乎接近崩溃点。
10. It came near to breaking point.
    那东西快要断裂了。
11. But what I want to do now, I want to get to the breaking point.
    现在我想做的是，我想得到断裂点。
12. Do you have a "breaking point" for your juggle-a point where long work hours send you over the edge into work-family conflict?
    你忙里忙外的生活中会极限点？漫长的工作让你走到了工作和家庭冲突的边缘？
13. A simulated bridge deck is tested for durability and strength to determine its breaking point.
    这个模拟桥面用来测试其耐力与强度，以确定断裂点。
14. But recent events have also left market participants so exhausted that nerves are stretched to breaking point.
    然而，近期事件也让市场参与者感到精疲力竭，神经已濒临崩溃。
15. Every man's got a breaking point.
    每个人的忍耐都会有限度的。
16. We can no longer measure the displacement, but we're very close to the breaking point now.
    无法再测量移位了，但是我们接近，断裂点了现在。
17. With four surgeries in three years, the Rockets worried they were reaching a breaking point.
    老姚过去三年接受了四个手术，火箭队担心他们正来到转折点。
18. City services and facilities have been strained to a breaking point.
    城市服务及设施的使用已经到了极限。
19. Some had been stretched to the breaking point and their tensile strength indicated.
    它们的扭力，紧张力，和压力大小，都有数码标明在上面。
20. In the end, the internal tensions did not go to the breaking point.
    最后，内部的紧张局势并没有达到破裂点。
21. Essential imports had stretched the national reputation to the breaking point.
    基本进口将国家声誉推向了崩溃的边缘。
22. The constant presence of her husband had strained their friendship to breaking point.
    她丈夫的频频出现使她们的友谊到了破裂的边缘。
23. In addition, political and financial issues ultimately brought relations between the colonists and the English homeland to a breaking point.
    此外，政治和财政问题最终导致殖民地人民和宗主国英国的关系走到了决裂边缘。
24. He had tried her patience to breaking point.
    他已把她逼到了忍无可忍的地步。
25. He reached the breaking point.
    他达到了极限。
26. The integrity of the voting process will be tested to breaking point.
    选举程序的真实性也将受到严峻的考验。
27. Some of these special nylon mountaineering ropes have a breaking point considerably higher than those of the old type.
    这些专用的尼龙登山绳比起那些旧型号的绳子的断裂点要高许多。
28. Others reached breaking point when they lost their homes or jobs, or suffered relationship break-ups.
    其他达到破点时，他们失去了他们的家园或工作，或遭受的关系碎裂。
29. In contrast, the demands of chronic care can push a fragile health system to the breaking point.
    相比之下，长期护理的需求可以使脆弱的卫生系统达到即将崩溃的极限。
30. High unemployment was stretching the welfare system to breaking point.
    高失业率使得福利救济系统濒于崩溃。

noun

1. the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

2. (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial