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

  1. N-COUNT 紧要关头;决定性时刻
    If you refer to a time or event as the 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。

双语例句

  1. Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
    两人都知道关键时刻到了。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Therefore, perfect implementation and testing is imperative for the moment of truth.
    因此,理想的实现和测试在关键时刻是必不可少的。
  5. This is the moment of truth as to whether or not Japan will remain a global power.
    这是一个关乎日本是否会保持全球强国地位的关键时刻。
  6. The documents quote American diplomats as saying Thailand will face a moment of truth when King Bhumibol dies and that a succession crisis is inevitable.
    这些文件引用美国外交官的话说,泰国国王普密蓬去世,继任危机不可不免的时候,泰国将面世真相的时刻。
  7. This was a moment of truth in which evasion had no place.
    这个真理由不得任何人逃避。
  8. The moment of truth came following the defeat of Japan.
    决断时刻在日本战败后到来。
  9. Was that to have been the moment of truth?
    那就是真相大白的时刻嘛?
  10. The moment of truth has arrived.
    到了说清楚的时候了。
  11. This, says Mr Hodges, suggests the moment of truth for commodities may be near.
    霍奇斯表示,这暗示大宗商品的真相时刻可能即将到来。
  12. The first rays of daylight brought the man to life. The job interview is the moment of truth in job hunting.
    白天的第一道曙光给这人带来了生机。在找工作的过程中,有面试就有曙光。
  13. The moment of truth came one fateful weekend in April 2003 when Resona bank, a small city bank, failed.
    关键时刻发生在2003年4月一个致命的周末,当时,小型城市银行理索纳银行(resonabank)宣告破产。
  14. The moment of truth for the Obama administration arrived yesterday when Tim Geithner, Treasury secretary, unveiled a plan for rescuing the US financial system, where the global crisis began.
    奥巴马政府昨日迎来了真相时刻,财长蒂姆·盖特纳(TimGeithner)出台了一份救助美国金融体系的计划。当前全球危机正是发源于美国金融体系。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. At this moment of truth, you must keep calm.
    在这紧急关头,你要保持镇静。
  19. The job interview is the moment of truth in job hunting.
    在找工作的过程中,有面试就有曙光。
  20. 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。
  21. The moment of truth came when she got to the airport.
    她抵达机场时关键时刻来到了。
  22. Some people thought Barry was a coward, but his moment of truth came when he rescued a child from a burning house.
    有些人认为巴瑞是个胆小鬼,但当他从一幢熊熊大火的房子里救出一个小孩子时,这个时刻才显示出他的真正品质。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you're hiding& from others and from yourself.
    真理:制造出一刻真理让自己揭示对自己、对别人在隐瞒什么。
  27. 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?
  28. 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
  29. Study on the Service Quality Control in the Moment of Truth
    论真实瞬间的服务质量控制
  30. 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。

英英释义

noun

  1. a crucial moment on which much depends

    1. the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull