moment of truth

英 [ˈməʊmənt ɒv truːθ]

美 [ˈmoʊmənt əv truːθ]

n.  紧要关头;决定性时刻

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 紧要关头;决定性时刻
  If you refer to a time or event asthe moment of truth, you mean that it is an important time when you must make a decision quickly, and whatever you decide will have important consequences in the future.
  1. Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
     两人都知道关键时刻到了。

英英释义

noun

• a crucial moment on which much depends
• the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

双语例句

• Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you're hiding& from others and from yourself.
  真理：制造出一刻真理让自己揭示对自己、对别人在隐瞒什么。
• But when my moment of truth came, I didn't take a dump down my ieg.
  但是当轮到我对的时候，我才不会吓得尿裤子。
• The moment of truth came following the defeat of Japan.
  决断时刻在日本战败后到来。
• Now it's the moment of truth: should we stay or leave here?
  现在到了关键时刻：我们是走还是留？
• At the same time, it is the moment of truth for the industrial structure upgrade.
  与此同时，我国的产业结构也处于一个升级转型的关键时期。
• If Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are facing their moment of truth, then Israel is fast approaching the point of no return in its relations with the Palestinians.
  如果说叙利亚、伊朗和沙特阿拉伯正在面临各自的关键时刻，那么以色列与巴勒斯坦的关系正在迅速走上不归路。
• The documents quote American diplomats as saying Thailand will face a moment of truth when King Bhumibol dies and that a succession crisis is inevitable.
  这些文件引用美国外交官的话说，泰国国王普密蓬去世，继任危机不可不免的时候，泰国将面世真相的时刻。
• Chinas steel industry faces a historic moment of truth as it threatens to abandon the traditional benchmark for annual iron ore pricing in an apparent fit of pique at the refusal of the miners to share their profits.
  中国钢铁工业正面临着一个历史性的关键时刻：威胁放弃传统的年度铁矿石定价基准，这显然是出于对铁矿石企业拒绝让利的愤怒。
• The moment of truth has arrived.
  到了说清楚的时候了。
• The moment of truth came one fateful weekend in April 2003 when Resona bank, a small city bank, failed.
  关键时刻发生在2003年4月一个致命的周末，当时，小型城市银行理索纳银行（resonabank）宣告破产。