| 单词 | when it comes to the point |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen it comes to the point a. A critical position in the course of affairs; a decisive moment or juncture; (also) a chance or opportunity. In later use chiefly in when it comes to the point: when matters reach a critical juncture; when an action must be taken or a decision made. Cf. on (also upon) the point of at Phrases 1i. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > critical point or crisis point?c1225 conjuncture1619 crise1643 juncture1656 crisis1659 hinge1775 cross-road1795 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > juncture or critical point timeeOE point?c1225 state of time (also times)1534 pass1560 conjuncture1619 juncture1656 hinge1775 cross-road1795 contingency1803 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 77 He eft secheð his point forto breoke forewart. c1300 Pilate (Harl.) 17 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 111 (MED) Pilatus awaitede his poynt..He stal adai stilleliche and slouȝ þat child wiþ gyle. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 2851 (MED) Hector hath Achille Assailled..And so narowe brouȝt hym to þe point Of hiȝe meschef. a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Caius 336/725) (1970) 18 (MED) It nediþ..Whanne forsoþe he comeþ to þe poynt for to deeme, boþe to examyne ful longe tyme & truly to biholde. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 10624 (MED) Some man hastily is ynome For þat he to þe pointe is come; Some peine longe and kunnen not be quit, For her time come not ȝit. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 178 When it cometh to the poynt ther as strokes shold be gyuen. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iv. 327 But now when it comes to the point, Who am I? 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 68 Tho' my Comrade would have brought me to a Bargain with her Brother; yet when it came to the Point, it was it seems for a Mistress, not a Wife. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. iv. 42 Her father..who, when it came to the point, so little liked her going, that he told her to write to him. View more context for this quotation 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiv. 272 When it came to the point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there has been no one to take it since. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cx. 583 He supposed he could not have done it when it came to the point. 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) ii. xlv. 250 For all that gorgeous plumage, they were no more civilized than carrion crows when it came to the point. < as lemmas |
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