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Threshold Limit High N Count 可数名词   [Usu θreʃəuld N.开始,开端,极限

英语单词 threshold
英美音标 ['θreʃəuld]
中文释义 n.开始,开端,极限
vocab简明 A threshold is what you step across when you enter a room. A threshold takes you from one place into another, and when you're about to start something new, you're also on a threshold.
vocab扩展 A threshold is a point of departure or transition. Graduation can mark a threshold — when you graduate from circus school, you're standing at the threshold of your new career as a trapeze artist. Another kind of threshold is a limit or boundary. If you have a high threshold for pain, you can tolerate a lot of it, and your dentist can drill away without worrying about your squirming and howling.
真题原句 …… setting a high age threshold for models.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]门槛;门口 The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.
  [usu sing]
  • He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...

    他在卧室门口停住了。

  • The bride was carried over the threshold.

    新娘被抱进了家门。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](某事发生或改变的)界限,阈,起始点 A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
  [usu with supp]
  • She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity...

    她容易厌倦,需要时常进行活动来刺激一下。

  • The consensus has clearly shifted in favour of raising the nuclear threshold...

    显然大家已普遍开始转向支持提高核武器使用的门槛了。

  • Fewer than forty per cent voted — the threshold for results to be valid.

    投票的人不到 40%——投票结果无效。

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[PHRASE 短语]在…开端;将要经历;面临着 If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
  [PHR n/-ing]
  • We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.

    我们很快就将迎来天文学的新纪元。

  • ...a lovely girl on the threshold of growing up.

    眼看就要长大成人的可爱女孩

来源 2016.2

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