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Threshold N Count 例:The 英[ˈθreʃhəʊld 美[ˈθreʃhoʊld N.门槛,入口,开始;[物理学]临界值;<英>级限协定;[航空学]跑道入口;Adj.阈值的,临界值的;<英>按物价指数变动工资的,工资极限的,级限的 门槛;门口 Building

单词 threshold
音标
英[ˈθreʃhəʊld] 美[ˈθreʃhoʊld]
解释
n.门槛,入口,开始;[物理学]临界值;<英>级限协定;[航空学]跑道入口;adj.阈值的,临界值的;<英>按物价指数变动工资的,工资极限的,级限的;
例句

N-COUNT
门槛;门口
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.
例:He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...他在卧室门口停住了。
例:The bride was carried over the threshold.新娘被抱进了家门。

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例: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。
例:...a lovely girl on the threshold of growing up.眼看就要长大成人的可爱女孩
变形
pl:thresholds~

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