cri.sis

crisis的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈkraisis]
KK音标发音： [ˈkraɪsɪs]

crisis的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
关键时刻，决定性时刻；转折点

2. An unstable condition, as in political, social, or economic affairs, involving an impending abrupt or decisive change.
危机：政治、社会或经济等方面的包含即将来临的突然变化或决定性变化的不稳定状态

3. A sudden change in the course of a disease or fever, toward either improvement or deterioration.
病情急转：在疾病或发烧过程中病情转好或恶化的一种突然性转变

4. An emotionally stressful event or a traumatic change in a person's life.
人生转折点，剧变：在一个人的生活中使其有感情重压的事件或使其受创的转变

5. A point in a story or drama when a conflict reaches its highest tension and must be resolved.
关子，紧要关头：小说或戏剧中冲突达到最紧张状态以及必须得以解决的转折点

crisis的词性：
n.attributive.（定语名词）

6. Often used to modify another noun:
危机，决定性：常用于修饰另一个名词：

crisis intervention; crisis planning.
危机调停；决定性部署

crisis的词源：

7. Middle English
中古英语

8. from Latin
源自 拉丁语

9. from Greek
源自 希腊语

10. from krinein [to separate] * see krei-
源自 krinein [分离] *参见 krei-

crisis， crossroad， exigency， head， juncture， pass

11. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “a critical point or state of affairs”:
这些名词所共有的中心意思是“事件的危急时刻或状态”：

a military crisis;
军事危机；

government policy at the crossroad;
处于重大抉择时刻的政策；

had failed to predict the health-care exigency;
没有预测到健康护理的紧急情况；

a problem that is coming to a head;
迫在眉睫的疑难问题；

negotiations that had reached a crucial juncture;
已走到关键性时刻的谈判；

things rapidly coming to a desperate pass.
快速走向危急状况的事件