crossroads

noun

1. 十字路口
   a place where two roads meet and cross each other
   1. At the next crossroads, turn right.
      在下一个十字路口向右拐。
   2. He has reached a career crossroads (= he must decide which way to go next in his career) .
      他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。

1. N-COUNT 十字路口
   A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
   1. Turn right at the first crossroads.
      在第一个十字路口向右转。
2. N-SING (发展的)关键时刻，紧要关头
   If you say that something is at a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another.
   1. The company was clearly at a crossroads...
      该公司显然处于发展的关键时刻。
   2. They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
      他们的关系发展到了关键阶段。
3. N-SING 核心地区;汇集地
   A crossroads is an important or central place.
   1. ...Mulberry, a small town at the crossroads of agriculture in central Florida.
      马尔伯里，一个位于佛罗里达州中部农业集中区的小镇

1. Turn right at the first crossroads.
   在第一个十字路口向右转。
2. The company was clearly at a crossroads
   该公司显然处于发展的关键时刻。
3. They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
   他们的关系发展到了关键阶段。
4. Mrs Glick reined in the horse and stopped at the crossroads.
   格利克夫人勒住缰绳在十字路口停了下来。
5. She turned back towards the crossroads
   她折回十字路口。
6. Take the left side road [ fork] at the crossroads.
   到十字路口走左边的岔道。
7. Traffic accidents happen rather often at the crossroads.
   交叉路口事故频发。
8. As we stand at this new crossroads our path forward is clear.
   今天，我们站在这个新的十字路口，我们的前进道路是明确的。
9. At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light.
   在公路的某一处，我行驶到了有交通灯的一个十字路口。
10. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life.
    我现在来到了我生命的十字路口。
11. We now stand at a crossroads.
    现在，我们站在一个十字路口上。
12. There happened to be a traffic accident at a crossroads.
    碰巧在一个十字路口发生了一起交通事故。
13. But I stood at a crossroads.
    可是我却站在十字路口。
14. At the crossroads at both ends, I see one on you.
    隔在十字街头的两端，我一眼就看见了你。
15. So you mean I should turn right at the second crossroads?
    你是说我应该在第二个十字路口向右转？
16. Facing a crossroads, I made the right choice, I believe that I was right.
    面对十字路口，俺做了正确地选择，俺相信俺是对地句号。
17. Europe and the euro are at a crossroads.
    欧洲和欧元已走到一个十字路口。
18. At this stage they are at an important crossroads.
    在这个阶段，他们处于一个重要的十字路口。
19. Finally we reached the crossroads at Dongdan.
    最后我们走到东单十字路口。
20. He has reached a career crossroads.
    他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。
21. There are three crossroads before you turn left.
    在你左转之前有三个十字路口。
22. The friends separated at the crossroads.
    朋友们在十字路口分手了。
23. This is a busy crossroads.
    这是一个繁忙的十字路口。
24. When you come to the crossroads, turn left.
    你走到十字路口时朝左拐。
25. Turn left when you come to the crossroads, the entrance is in front of you.
    当你来到十字路口左转，入口处就在你的前面。
26. But the euro experiment has also brought us to a crossroads in the whole international monetary system.
    但欧元实验也把我们带到了整个国际货币体系的十字路口。
27. This is a critical point in time – we are at a crossroads.
    这是一个特殊的时刻，我们正处在一个十字路口上。
28. A car crash occurred at the crossroads just now.
    刚才在这个十字路口发生了一起车祸。
29. We're here to mark a crossroads in the lives of two people.
    我们在这儿见证了一对新人人生的十字路口。

n.

at a/the crossroads

• （人生或发展）处于关键时刻；在紧要关头
  at an important point in sb's life or development

noun

1. a point where a choice must be made
   1. Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology

2. a community of people smaller than a village

   Synonym:    hamlet

3. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
   1. at that juncture he had no idea what to do
   2. he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point

   Synonym:    juncturecritical point