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单词 crisis
释义

crisis

UK /ˈkraɪsɪs/

Word Forms

singularcrisis
pluralcrises

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
    financial/economic/political crisis:

    a period of economic/financial/political crisis

    defuse/resolve/solve a crisis:

    Talks have so far failed to resolve the crisis (=end it).

    crisis in:

    the current crisis in the farming industry

    in crisis:

    We admit that the nursing profession is in crisis.

    Synonyms and related words

    Difficult situations and experiences
    Synonyms and related words

    Dangerous or exciting situations
    1. 1a
      a dangerous situation in someone’s personal or professional life when something could fail

      He’s the kind of person who copes well in a crisis.

      a mid-life crisis (=a time around the age of 40 when someone feels dissatisfied with their life):

      Perhaps your father is having some sort of mid-life crisis.

      Synonyms and related words

      Dangerous or exciting situations
  2. 2
    medicala time when a disease starts to get better or worse very suddenly
    Synonyms and related words

    Causes, symptoms and the course of illnesses

crisis

US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

Word Forms

singularcrisis
pluralcrises

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
    financial/economic/political crisis:

    a period of economic/financial/political crisis

    defuse/resolve/solve a crisis:

    Talks have so far failed to resolve the crisis (=end it).

    crisis in:

    the current crisis in the farming industry

    in crisis:

    We admit that the nursing profession is in crisis.

    Synonyms and related words

    Difficult situations and experiences
    Synonyms and related words

    Dangerous or exciting situations
    1. 1a
      a dangerous situation in someone’s personal or professional life when something could fail

      He’s the kind of person who copes well in a crisis.

      a mid-life crisis (=a time around the age of 40 when someone feels dissatisfied with their life):

      Perhaps your father is having some sort of mid-life crisis.

      Synonyms and related words

      Dangerous or exciting situations
  2. 2
    medicala time when a disease starts to get better or worse very suddenly
    Synonyms and related words

    Causes, symptoms and the course of illnesses
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