| 单词 | to come to the crunch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to the crunch b. A crisis; a decisive point, event, confrontation, etc.; a show-down; esp. in to come to the crunch: to come to the point; to reach a show-down. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment articlea1398 prick?c1422 crise?1541 push1563 in the nick1565 jump1598 concurrence1605 cardo1609 (the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610 edgea1616 climacterical1628 climacteric1633 in the nick-time1650 moment1666 turning-point1836 watershed1854 psychological moment1871 psychical moment1888 moment of truth1932 crunch1939 cruncher1947 high noon1955 break point1959 defining moment1967 midnight1976 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > important or decisive advent1591 dénouement1752 tableau1808 upcome1824 crunch1939 cruncher1947 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come to the crunch or critical point to come to a head1655 to come to the crunch1960 1939 W. S. Churchill in Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 14/6 Whether Spain will be allowed to find its way back to sanity and health..depends..upon the general adjustment or outcome of the European crunch. 1948 W. S. Churchill Second World War I. i. xvii. 243 When the imminence of an attack on Czechoslovakia became clear, Beck demanded an assurance against further military adventures. Here was a crunch. 1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1002/1 What Sir Winston Churchill would have called the ‘crunch’ of the economic battle has arrived. 1957 Economist 19 Oct. 200/1 No one is anxious to be the spearhead of the next wages struggle; and..the crunch may not be reached until some time after the turn of the new year. 1960 Times 21 July 15/5 Even the holders of Government bonds turn out to be chiefly philanthropic institutions and trade unions when it comes to the crunch. 1963 ‘W. Haggard’ High Wire v. 52 When it came to the crunch de Fleury wasn't to be relied on. 1969 ‘J. Fraser’ Cock-pit of Roses xv. 111 Now the crunch. ‘How do you know, Andrew?..’ No reply. < as lemmas |
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