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threshold

英  [ˈθreʃhəʊld]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • thresholds

    1. [C 可数名词] 门口

    The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.

    双语例句

    例：

    He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom.

    他在卧室门口停了下来。

    2. [C 可数名词] 界限 , 临界点

    A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.

    近义词

    limit , level

    双语例句

    例：

    Moss has a high threshold for pain and a history of fast healing.

    莫斯的忍痛能力很强，而且有迅速愈合的经历。

    例：

    There are many patients whose threshold of pain is very low.

    有很多病人对于疼痛的敏感度很高。

    例：

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

    大众显然已倾向支持提高核武器的使用门槛。

    例：

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

    投票人数的比率没有达到使结果有效的界限，即40。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • on the threshold of

    1. 即将经历

    If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.

    双语例句

    例：

    We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.

    我们将迈入天文学的新时代。

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