early 15c., from Latinized form of Greek krisis "turning point in a disease" (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally "judgment, result of a trial, selection," from krinein "to separate, decide, judge," from PIE root *krei- "to sieve, discriminate, distinguish" (cognates: Greek krinesthai "to explain;" Old English hriddel "sieve;" Latin cribrum "sieve," crimen "judgment, crime," cernere (past participle cretus) "to sift, separate;" Old Irish criathar, Old Welsh cruitr "sieve;" Middle Irish crich "border, boundary"). Transferred non-medical sense is 1620s in English. A German term for "mid-life crisis" is Torschlusspanik, literally "shut-door-panic," fear of being on the wrong side of a closing gate.
实用例句
1. The Kremlin is still insisting on a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
俄罗斯中央政府依然坚持通过外交方式解决危机。
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2. An end to the crisis seems a long way off.
这场危机看来远未结束。
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3. The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis.
政府正采取紧急措施解决住房危机。
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4. The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.
政府没有采取任何行动对这次危机进行干预。
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5. The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another.
