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单词 turning points
释义

turning point

noun

: a point at which a significant change occurs

Synonyms

  • climacteric
  • climax
  • corner
  • landmark
  • milepost
  • milestone
  • watershed
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Example Sentences

Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season. That job was a major turning point in her career.
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Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

turning points

noun

plural of turning point
as in milestones
a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs the turning point came when Victor finally admitted he was a werewolf

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • milestones
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  • highlights
  • landmarks
  • corners
  • climacterics
  • mileposts
  • boiling points
  • breaking points
  • crises
  • flash points
  • transformations
  • breaks
  • crushers
  • conversions
  • toppers
  • emergencies
  • cappers
  • clinchers
  • metamorphoses
  • zero hours
  • crunch times
  • transfigurations
  • turnarounds
  • crossroads
  • turnabouts
  • extremities
  • exigencies
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  • Dunkirks
  • conjunctures
  • crunches
  • junctures
  • heads
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