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

• Here is the moment of truth, start the Systems Director server, it should take a few minutes to start the first time.
  下面是揭晓真相的时候了，启动SystemsDirector服务器，首次启动得花费几分钟。
• Study on the Service Quality Control in the Moment of Truth
  论真实瞬间的服务质量控制
• This is the moment of truth as to whether or not Japan will remain a global power.
  这是一个关乎日本是否会保持全球强国地位的关键时刻。
• 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 came when she got to the airport.
  她抵达机场时关键时刻来到了。
• Some people thought Barry was a coward, but his moment of truth came when he rescued a child from a burning house.
  有些人认为巴瑞是个胆小鬼，但当他从一幢熊熊大火的房子里救出一个小孩子时，这个时刻才显示出他的真正品质。
• The job interview is the moment of truth in job hunting.
  在找工作的过程中，有面试就有曙光。
• At this moment of truth, you must keep calm.
  在这紧急关头，你要保持镇静。
• 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。
• 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。