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单词 road to Damascus
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Definition of road to Damascus in English:

road to Damascus

noun
  • Used in reference to an important moment of insight, typically one that leads to a dramatic transformation of attitude or belief.

    this might be a wake-up call for the Prime Minister—his road to Damascus
    as modifier her road to Damascus moment came when she was recovering from an operation in the mid-1980s
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Prime Minister explained his road to Damascus experience during his speech on January 28.
    • It really does appear of late that the National Party itself has had a bit of a road to Damascus experience.
    • No-one would suggest, of course, that this sudden conversion on the road to Damascus has anything to do with the impending elections.
    • At the same time I was going down my own personal road to Damascus.
    • Critics last night welcomed the move but baulked at the idea that the lender has had a 'Road to Damascus moment' over its ethics.
    • Far from a road to Damascus moment, the agreement was rather a modus vivendi by cunning, ruthless political operators.
    • The arrival of a credible challenger to political power in the theatre of domestic politics precipitated a "road to Damascus" moment for the incumbents.
    • It is a revelation, not quite on the road to Damascus scale, but a pleasing experience nevertheless.
    • It's in every backbencher's hands to make today the day Britain has a long overdue conversion on the road to Damascus.
    • My first visit to a car-boot sale was hardly the road to Damascus—more of a dirt-track.
    • His "road to Damascus" moment was not conventional.
    • For each of these writers, the road to Damascus wound on through New York, and beyond.

Origin

Mid 19th century: with reference to the account of St Paul's conversion to Christianity while travelling to the city of Damascus on a mission (Acts 9).

 
 

Definition of road to Damascus in US English:

road to Damascus

noun
  • Used in reference to an important moment of insight, typically one that leads to a dramatic transformation of attitude or belief.

    this might be a wake-up call for the Prime Minister—his road to Damascus
    as modifier her road to Damascus moment came when she was recovering from an operation in the mid-1980s
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The arrival of a credible challenger to political power in the theatre of domestic politics precipitated a "road to Damascus" moment for the incumbents.
    • My first visit to a car-boot sale was hardly the road to Damascus—more of a dirt-track.
    • His "road to Damascus" moment was not conventional.
    • Far from a road to Damascus moment, the agreement was rather a modus vivendi by cunning, ruthless political operators.
    • The Prime Minister explained his road to Damascus experience during his speech on January 28.
    • It's in every backbencher's hands to make today the day Britain has a long overdue conversion on the road to Damascus.
    • Critics last night welcomed the move but baulked at the idea that the lender has had a 'Road to Damascus moment' over its ethics.
    • It is a revelation, not quite on the road to Damascus scale, but a pleasing experience nevertheless.
    • At the same time I was going down my own personal road to Damascus.
    • No-one would suggest, of course, that this sudden conversion on the road to Damascus has anything to do with the impending elections.
    • It really does appear of late that the National Party itself has had a bit of a road to Damascus experience.
    • For each of these writers, the road to Damascus wound on through New York, and beyond.

Origin

Mid 19th century: with reference to the account of St Paul's conversion to Christianity while traveling to the city of Damascus on a mission (Acts 9).

 
 
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