crossroads

crossroads
  • danh từ
    • nơi hai đường gặp và cắt nhau
    • We came to a crossroads
    • Chúng tôi đến một giao lộ
      • at the cross-roads: (nghĩa bóng) đến bước ngoặc; đến bước quyết định

Xem thêm: hamlet, juncture, critical point, intersection, crossway, crossing, carrefour



crossroads

Từ điển Collocation

crossroads noun

1 place where two roads cross

VERB + CROSSROADS come to

PREP. at the ~ Turn right at the next crossroads.

2 important point in your life/career, etc.

ADJ. important | historic

VERB + CROSSROADS stand at | reach

PREP. at a/the ~ We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of Europe. | ~ in He had reached a crossroads in his career.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a community of people smaller than a village; hamlet
  • a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; juncture, critical point

    at that juncture he had no idea what to do

    he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point

  • a point where a choice must be made

    Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology