critical mass

critical mass

美 　英

• n.（核链式反应的）临界质量
• 网络临界量；临界数量；临界规模

词形变化

复数：critical masses  

英汉双解

英汉解释

un.	1. 临界质量 2. 中肯质量 3. 临界技师

英英解释

n.	1. the smallest amount of a substance needed to cause a nuclear reaction 2. the smallest number of people or things needed to make something happen

例句

In this case, 20 percent is often a good proxy for critical mass in a household.

通常，20%的家庭拥有量是技术达到临界量的一个合理标志。

Often some sort of competency center is a good approach to building a critical mass of the appropriate skills.

某种形式的能力认证中心通常是建立大量急需合适技能的好途径。

Even before HP (HPQ) bought Palm, webOS was a fine operating system, but it failed to draw a critical mass of developers.

即使在惠普（HP）收购Palm之前，WebOS也是一款不错的操作系统，但它并没能吸引到足够的开发者。

More importantly, it is hard for such a service to gain critical mass: why join, if it does not already have many users?

更重要的是，这样的服务很难能够得到大多数人的认可。人们不禁会问：如果没有广大的用户，我为什么要加入呢？

As in other types of business, the region's local champions lack scale in a world where critical mass seems to matter ever more.

就像在其它行业中那样，该地区本地公司的佼佼者缺乏规模，而这个世界中临界质量看来更加重要了。

Then there is the bad news: None of these fine sentiments will matter unless a critical mass of countries unites around a real policy.

坏消息：如果没有足够数量的国家团结在一个切实可行的行动方针周围，那么这些美好的愿望将会变得毫无意义。

South-South trade is beginning to acquire a critical mass of its own.

南南贸易正开始达到自己的临界点。

The lion tries to chase off the hyenas, but a certain number of hyenas equals critical mass. And the lion ends up having to ditch its booty.

狮子试图赶走鬣狗，但达到一定数目的鬣狗发生了质的变化。狮子最终不得不放弃自己的战利品。

We just need enough of a critical mass to turn things in a more positive direction.

我们只需到达将事物引往积极方向的临界点就足够了。

However, creating a diverse culture implies a critical mass of female managers. To reach this point, companies must recruit more women.

然而，创造多样化的文化意味着要有大量的女性经理，要做到这一点，公司必须招聘更多女性。

They need a critical mass of users to make their service more useful so they have to leave their doors open as much as possible.

他们的动机就是用户的增长，他们需要大量的用户使用他们的服务，所以他们会尽可能的敞开大门。

The hard work of hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors has reached critical mass, our momentum is now unstoppable.

成千上万的匿名的贡献聚集到一起，我们的势头不可挡的。

"To compete in Europe and particularly with the big business schools in Spain, we needed a strong brand and critical mass. "

“为了与欧洲的商学院——尤其是西班牙的大型商学院进行竞争，我们需要一个强大的品牌并实现质的飞跃。”

The next thing it hit, a year later, was critical mass.

一年以后，它进入下一个阶段，也就是临界量。

What's the killer feature that seems to provide critical mass for this framework?

哪种至关重要的特性为此框架提供了关键部分？

The critical mass of Russian society has always been conservative, forcing radical reformers into frustration and dissidence .

再则，俄罗斯的绝大多数民众向来都很保守，历史上激进的改革者大多以气馁告终。

In the former case, material is stripped from the binary partner until the material reaches "critical mass" around the white dwarf.

在前面一种情况，物质将被从一颗双星剥离掉直到在白矮星的物质到达了“严格的标准质量”。

At least in markets where the service has not yet attracted a critical mass of users, others could easily copy the service.

起码在它尚未赢得决定性用户群的市场内，此项服务很容易被复制。

If you agree with that sentiment , and if you agree that we need a critical mass of informed citizenry , you will realize that I need you .

（笑声）（鼓掌）假使你们同意这一观点，而且你们同意我们需要一个开明的社会和一群知情的民众，你们则会意识到我需要你们。

As you become more filled with light you assist humanity in reaching "critical mass. "

当你充满光芒，你即协助你的人性成为「关键性的大众」。

The critical mass the fissile materials smallest quality which needs for the maintenance chain type response is called the critical mass.

指临界质量临界质量为维持链式反应所需要的裂变材料的最小质量称为临界质量。

AnM&A transaction will allow you to gain critical mass and to get two sets of funding sources and rolodexes working on your behalf.

并购交易将让您获得足够数量和获得的两套资金来源和rolodexes工作以您的名义。

If one particular topic reaches critical mass (a purely subjective judgment by me), I'll write about it in the next article.

如果某个特定主题的投票达到了一定数量（完全由我作出的主观判断），我将在下一篇文章中就这一主题写些东西。

Europe is close to New York and all the advertising guys, you started seeing a critical mass of things happening.

欧洲以及所有的广告商离纽约更近，你开始看到很多关键的事情发生。

Many more souls we would have preferred, yet a critical mass will have to do with and turn things around as all had chances enough.

我们本希望更多的灵魂前来，然而这关键的一大批将必须要做所有事情，将情况扭转，因为所有人已经有足够的选择机会了。

Even knowing this, we're nowhere near the critical mass that would make writing tests before writing code a standard practice.

即使了解了这种重要性，我们也没有达到关键的一点：使在编写代码之前编写测试成为一种标准实践。

The second one is about creating critical mass to get your SOA off the ground and operational across the enterprise.

第二种模式是关于创建关键部分来启动您的SOA并使其在企业中运行。

Instead, a critical mass of players will have to drive the international agreement on each specific issue -- then work to co-opt the rest.

相反，一系列发挥关键作用的国家必须首先推动达成事关每个特定总量的国际协定，再去做其他国家的工作。

For the Dynamic e-business vision to be achieved a critical mass of reusable web services must first be reached.

要实现动态电子商务的前景首先需要达到可重复使用的Web服务的临界物质。

Probably, over time, due to its critical mass of production capabilities, China can command more and more of a premium on these activities.

很可能随着时间的推移，由于重要的批量生产的能力，中国在这些活动中获取了越来越多的红利。

Spring is rapidly maturing and has the critical mass to be a player for the foreseeable future.

Spring正在快速成熟，并将在可预见的未来成为一个参与者。

When a application platform reaches a critical mass of developers, applications and users, it starts to grow exponentially.

当应用平台达到一定量的开发者，应用与用户时，它能够开始暴炸性的增长。

We just have to shift the balance far enough to achieve critical mass.

我们仅仅需要调整平衡，去赢得关键的东西。

Hence SMBs do not have the critical mass to establish the internal services portfolio for the inside-out process.

因此，SMB并没有迫切的要求去建立针对于由内向外过程的内部服务组合。

But any pact without China will lack critical mass, and could be divisive if seen as an "anyone-but-China" club.

但任何没有中国参与的协定都将缺乏“关键规模”，而且如果被视为一个“除中国以外国家”的俱乐部，还有可能导致不和。

A critical mass of industry expertise, as well as the expertise for specialized committee work.

大量行业专家是必须，以及特别委员会有专家专攻

Realistically, it won't be until critical mass is achieved that the hoped for "choice of unity and cooperation" will be a viable one.

现实地讲，直到达至临界质量，“选择联合与协作”的希望才将切实可行。

In other words, the underground Christian house church movement is about to reach critical mass.

用另外的话说，地下教会运动将会达到一个关键性的数目。

While the issue reached critical mass in emerging economies such as China, it is not the only country that has lobbied for a change.

尽管该问题在像中国这样的新兴经济体中达到了“临界状态”，但中国不是唯一要求改变的国家。

It is chaired by a user organization, but the WG has failed to achieve critical mass because of a lack of vendor participation.

它是由一个用户组织主持的，但是由于缺少厂商参与，WG未能达到临界状态。