tipping point

tipping point

美 　英

• n.（个案积累终成大趋势的）引爆点
• 网络临界点；转折点；卸载点

词形变化

复数：tipping points  

英汉双解

英汉解释

un.	1. 卸货处 2. 卸货站

英英解释

n.	1. a time when important things start happening in a situation, especially things that you cannot change 2. the time during an epidemic when the number of people who are infected with a disease increases very quickly

例句

As you see things getting closer and closer to that tipping point, you're going to see a frenzy of activity take place.

当我们看待事情越来越接近临界点的时候，我们有可能会看到一些很狂乱的事情发生。

And I think Linux is definitely very close to reaching that magic tipping point where it will be easy to use for all levels of users.

而且Linux的设计使之非常接近一个临界点，过了这个临界点，Linux就可以被各种层次的用户方便的使用。

For example, in a climate approaching a tipping point, the weather tends to look more similar day to day leading up to the big change.

比如说，在接近转折点的气候中，天气在发生重大变化之前往往一天天显得越来越相似。

It seems to me that you have done enough on your own, one way or the other. I see a tipping point.

在我看来，你们已经独自做了足够多，以这样或那样的方式。我看到了一个转折点。

It was as if I had reached a tipping point of some sort, and suddenly letting go of things became so much easier.

就好像突然遇到了一个转折点，我一下子让事情变得如此简单。

But if the system is approaching a tipping point, it tends to take longer to recover its balance.

但是，如果系统正在接近转折点，它往往需要更长的时间恢复平衡。

There is something compelling, in a ghoulish sort of way, about the notion that earth's climate may be headed toward a tipping point.

有一种你不得不信，甚至还有点恐怖的观点，那就是地球气候可能正走向一个崩溃的边缘。

The major tipping point in the Yankees' favor was their immediate need for Clemens, said the right-hander's agent, Randy Hendricks.

克莱门斯的经纪人亨德瑞斯表示，洋基能够独得垂青，主要是因为他们立刻就需要克莱门斯。

I don't think we've reached the tipping point yet, I think we'll continue as an industry to innovate, challenge one another to go further.

我不认为我们已到达峰顶，我想我们将持续是个创新的产业，挑战彼此以使这些方面的努力进一步迅速发展。

But the U. S. financial system has reached such a dangerous tipping point that little choice remains.

然而，美国金融系统危机已发展到了一个危险的倾覆点，留给人们的选择并不多。

One of the common warning signs of an impending tipping point is when a system takes longer to recover to equilibrium after it is disturbed.

转折点迫近的一个常见预警信号是，系统受到干扰后，需要较长时间恢复到平衡状态。

'It's a Plan D, ' he said. 'It's essentially an insurance policy for the situation where we hit a tipping point in climate change quickly. '

他说：“这是一个D计划（后备方案），它实质上是在气候变化太快时所采用的一种解决方案。”

"If people like us don't stand up for our rights, our country will not change, " she said. "The tipping point has come in India. "

“如果像我们一样的人们不为自己的权利挺身而出的话，我们的国家就不会有任何改变，”她说，“印度的转折点已经到来。”

One of the biggest obstacles keeping people from "just doing it" is not recognizing when they're about to hit their tipping point.

阻止人们“想做就做”的最大障碍之一并不是在撞上他们的人生转折点时知道自己在哪儿。

Policymakers have come to understand this tipping point and try to act long before it is reached.

决策者已认识到了这一临界点，并试图在触及该临界点之前尽早采取行动。

This was clearly a tipping point for generation, but it does not represent the end state or final estimation of value to be realized.

这是生成技术的一个转折点，然而却还不能代表最终的价值所在。

But, the jury's still out on whether we've reached a tipping point to a self-sustaining recovery.

然而，我们（这里指美国人）能否依靠自己来维持经济的复苏却还是个未知数。

When Lehman collapsed, so did confidence and bank liquidity, and this was the tipping point of the global collapse.

当雷曼倒闭，银行的流动性和信心也同时停滞了，这也是全球崩溃的临界点。

"Close to a tipping point the system becomes more inert, " Scheffer said.

系统接近转折点时，会变得更加迟钝。

"History shows the 5 per cent mark can be a tipping point, " he said.

他表示：“历史经验表明，5%可能是个转折点。”

From The Tipping Point to Nudge, the rise of pop-social science has been a noticeable feature of the past decade in publishing.

从《引爆趋势》（TheTippingPoint）到《助推》（Nudge），流行社会科学的兴起在过去十年已成为出版业值得关注的特点。

A more sophisticated approach suggests it would be prudent to act before this tipping point is reached.

一个更加复杂的方法提示，在这个转折点到来之前，行动是谨慎的。

In The Tipping Point, the idea was that discontinuities arise from network effects.

《引爆点》阐述了突变点产生于网络效应。

Chinese property price increases have all but stalled in month-on-month terms and many analysts think the market is at a tipping point.

按月度环比计算，中国房价涨势已经几近停滞。许多分析师认为，目前市场正处于一个转捩点。

Yet another tipping point could come as ice sheets shrink and the polar caps start absorbing rather than reflecting energy from the sun.

然而另一个引爆点的出现，则可能是冰原的缩减，极冠转反射太阳的能量为吸收。

So it may be that capitalism is approaching some kind of tipping point, away from the winner takes all culture of the past three decades.

因此，资本主义或许正在接近某种转折点，告别过去三十年来盛行的那种“赢家通吃”文化。

Tonight, the momentum against the Gadhafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant.

今晚，反对卡扎菲政权的势头达到了临界点：的黎波里正在摆脱暴君的控制，卡扎菲政权正在崩溃。

Brook thinks the tipping point is when car owners drive less than 5, 000 miles a year.

Brook认为临界点在于私家车主每年行驶里程是否达到5000英里（约8000公里）。

To reach the tipping point, however, networks must attract as many users as quickly as possible, drawing in the next, bigger, wave.

然而，为了达到转折点，网络必须尽快吸引尽可能多的用户，吸引下一个更大的浪潮。

The pattern is the same in most such rebellions, with a cascade of events leading to a tipping point.

该模式是在大多数这样的叛乱一样，导致了一个临界点级联事件。

There is a consensus among economists that the emergence of a supply gap has brought the economy to a tipping point.

经济学家一致认为，供应缺口的出现已将美国经济推到了一个临界点。

The tipping point is military, to have the ability to threaten your neighbors, threaten military action without the threat of challenge.

引爆点就是军事实力——可以威慑邻国，没有实际威胁的威胁军事行动。

Now, some analysts are forecasting that the market is close to a tipping point.

现在，一些分析师预测楼市已接近拐点。

The tipping point seems to be about 30 per cent.

能产生重大变化的数字似乎是30%左右。

But he is confident of their future: "It's difficult to say that now is the tipping point, but we're getting close. "

但他对未来充满信心：“很难说现在就是转折点，但我们正不断接近。”

It is all but impossible to predict a tipping point.

要预测转折点几乎是不可能的。

Can we reach our tipping point before nature reaches one of its tipping points?

我们能否在大自然达到临界点之前达到我们的临界点？

But, analysts warn, Chinese consumers, much like their foreign counterparts, will shift to cheaper food at a certain tipping point.

不过，分析人士也提醒，中国消费者也可能和其它国家民众一样，在某种食物价格达到某个峰值时转而寻求较便宜的替代品。

Evidence is building that China's business environment is at a tipping point.

证据逐步显示，中国的商业环境正处于临界点。

However, Europeans who participated in the Busan meeting say it was actually comments from Asian officials that created a tipping point.

不过，参加了釜山会议的欧洲人表示，促成此次转折的，其实是亚洲官员的言论。