defining moment
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Roosevelt's "First 100 Days" -- described as a "Defining Moment" for America by author Jonathan Alter -- was a time of struggle and renewal.
罗斯福履任的“前100天”是在大萧条时期的挣扎与复兴中度过，被作家奥尔特（JonathanAlter）称之为“决定性时刻”。
So I thought he would be the perfect person to go to to ask about a defining moment in American history.
那好，我认为他可能是能回答关于美国历史上一个决定性的时刻的最佳人选。
But she said it was a defining moment for her and many of her wealthy friends.
但她说，这场危机对她和她的许多有钱朋友来说都是一个决定性时刻。
In its zigzagging pursuit of a more nimble and effective form of authoritarian rule, China may behaving a defining moment.
在追求精致高效的统治模式的曲折过程中，中国也许会迎来关键的时刻。
Every true Rotarian has a story to tell, a defining moment that captures what Rotary is all about.
每位真正的扶轮人都有故事可说—一个捕捉扶轮真义的决定性时刻。
It was a defining moment in my career to be a part of bringing the steel-string guitar into the concert hall with an orchestra.
把钢弦吉他带入音乐厅和交响乐团一起演奏是我事业中一个重要的里程碑。
For me, that was the defining moment of what would become the next six years of our lives together.
对我而言，那个时刻注定了接下来的六年我们四个人的生活将变成什么样子。
The meeting of the heads of government of the Group of 20 leading high-income and emerging countries in London is a defining moment.
20国集团（G20）政府首脑伦敦峰会的召开，将是一个决定性时刻。
For many of us that has been a defining moment of our childhoods, the start of a journey to find a girl with 3 fun-bags on her chest.
于是我们中的许多人在这童年的决定性时刻，开始那追寻胸上挂着三个肉弹的女孩的征程。
This will be the defining moment of the new coalition, as the chancellor sets out his long-term plan to rein in the deficit.
联合政府将迎来关键的时刻，财政部长通过制定长期计划来遏制财政赤字。
It was a defining moment, one of the most important of my life. Everything went well, it could have gone wrong.
“这是一个决定性的时刻，也是我的生活重要的一刻，又顺利的也会有麻烦”。
Earlier, the White House described it as a "defining moment in the war against al-Qaeda" .
早先，白宫称拉登被击毙是“打击基地组织战争中的决定性时刻”。
That becomes a defining moment in his battle against the factory, which for years had been flouting environmental regulations.
这成为了他和工厂斗争中的决定性一刻。这家工厂多年来一直无视环保法规。
You never know what you're going to get involved in that will turn out to be a defining moment in your life.
你所卷入的事情有朝一日也许会成为你人生中的关键点，对此你很难预料。
The next few years could be a defining moment and strategic opportunity for China-EU relations.
从历史角度看，未来几年可能是中欧关系的一个关键战略定型期。
In the end, the young males bring the buffalo to its knees. It's a defining moment. The juveniles are finally part of the team.
最后，年轻的雄狮将水牛压倒在地。这是一个重大的时刻。年轻的狮子最终成为狩猎团队的一员。
A scientific, technological, military and political gamble - the attack proved to be the defining moment of the 20th Century.
这是一次集科学、技术、军事及政治于一身的赌注，写下二十世纪最重要的时刻。
When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.
当决定性时刻来临时，要么由你来决定这个时刻，要么由这个时刻来决定你。
Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as Gordon Brown's defining moment as prime minister.
今天中午，我们见证了戈登·布朗当中出丑，这次事件最终会成为布朗首相职业生涯中的一个重要时刻。
It was a defining moment for Adams, then 21 and still undecided over whether to pursue a career as a classical pianist or a photographer.
当时对于21岁的亚当斯来说，那是个决定性时刻——那一刻他在古典钢琴家和摄影师这两条路中作出了选择。
Other aspects of the Carey tenure were more conventionally progressive, but his defining moment was the financial crisis.
凯里任内在其它方面还是遵循传统的循序渐进的做法，但金融危机成为他的决定性时刻。
It was the defining moment in the entrepreneurial career of Andy Hopper.
那是安迪•霍珀（AndyHopper）企业家生涯的决定性时刻。
You know, we are at a defining moment in our history.
你们知道，我们现在正处于我们历史上的一个决定性时刻。
But with this defining moment in the genre, many of the great works that preceded Tolkien have been forgotten in time.
然而，在该流派的这个限定时间内，许多先于托尔金的作品已被遗忘。
As a young brown American, I couldn't be more deeply or powerfully inspired by the "defining moment" of an Obama presidency.
作为一个褐色的年轻美国人，我被奥巴马当选总统的“决定性时刻”深深而强烈地鼓舞着。
Militias have been waging a street war there with Iraqi forces and Bush says the battle is a defining moment in the history of Iraq.
政府军在巴士拉与伊拉克武装力量进行了巷战，布什称这次武装冲突是伊拉克历史上的一次具有检验意义的重要时刻。
This was a defining moment; it was my discovery of the English language.
这是决定性的时刻；是我对英语这种语言的发现。
It's a defining moment in a parent's life: Seeing their unborn child's image on an ultrasound for the first time.
为人父母一生中的关键时刻，就是第一眼看到他们未出生孩子的超声波影像。
and the dedicated public servants of the State Department on behalf of our nation at this defining moment.
以及国务院里一心为公的在此历史性的时刻代表我们国家的公务员。
For me, there was a defining moment of missing my husband.
对我来说，有一个时刻可以用来定义我对丈夫的思念。
To me, this was a defining moment of the 2008 Olympics.
对我来说，这才是2008年奥运会关键性的一刻。
Mr Putin's crossness is understandable. Mr Khodorkovsky's arrest and trial became a defining moment of his presidency.
普京的坏脾气是可以理解的，霍多尔科夫斯基的被捕和审判成为了他的总统任期内决定性的瞬间。
Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn't the defining moment of the Great Depression.
与普遍的观点不同，股票市场的崩溃并不是1929年大萧条的关键因素。
In China, the defining moment was when a protester in France tried to grab the flame from a female torchbearer in a wheelchair.
在中国，关键时刻是抗议者在法国试着夺取女性在轮椅的火炬持有者的火焰。
"This is a defining moment and we have got to decide as a nation, " said Conrad.
这是一个决定性时刻，作为一个国家我们必须做出决定。
What's the one defining moment of your life so far?
能跟我讲讲你人生中至关重要的一刻吗？
Last month marked many monumental events, with the defining moment being the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
上个月发生了许多标志性的大事件，其中决定性的时刻正是雷曼兄弟公司的破产。
So, what do you think has been the defining moment of the Beijing Olympic Games?
你认为什么是北京奥运最精彩的时刻呢？
The Renaissance. The defining moment in European history when the creative genius of Man found perfect expression in Art and Science alike.
文艺复兴，欧洲历史上定义时刻，那个时候人类创造天才发现艺术和科学完美的表现。
They both concern the great defining moment of Greek culture, the Trojan War.
它们都有关希腊文化伟大的决定性时刻，特洛伊战争。
