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Crucial Word Vote Describe Determines Outcome Case Important

英语单词 crucial
英美音标 英 ['kruːʃl] 美 ['kruːʃl]
中文释义 adj.决定性的;关键的
英语例句 (1) Her work has been crucial to the project's success.
(2) It is crucial that we get this right.
(3) Trust is crucial for successful friendship.
中文例句 (1) 她的工作对项目的成功至关重要。
(2) 我们把这个问题弄明白是极其重要的。
(3) 相互信任是维系友谊的关键。
vocabulary简明 The word crucial describes something that is important or essential to success, like the crucial dress rehearsals that ensure will run smoothly on your play's opening night.
vocabulary扩展 Usage experts insist that the word crucial should be used only to describe something that is truly critical for solving a problem or for resolving a situation, such as a crucial vote that determines a final outcome. In this case the crucial vote is decisive: it determines the outcome. But the word has gained popularity as a way to say that something is important. You might hear someone say, for example, that it is crucial to allow employees to vote on the new schedule to make them feel like they’re part of the process. In this case the sense is “important”: nothing decisive is taking place.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]至关重要的;关键性的 If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself...

    他手下有管理人员,但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。

  • ...the most crucial election campaign for years...

    几年来最重要的竞选活动

  • Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery.

    消费者信心的提升对经济的复苏至关重要。

crucially
  • Chewing properly is crucially important...

    正确的咀嚼方式是极其重要的。

  • Crucially, though, it failed to secure the backing of the banks.

    然而重要的是,它没能获得银行的支持。

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