critical mass

美 　英

• n.（核鏈式反應的）臨界質量
• 網(wǎng)絡臨界量；臨界數(shù)量；臨界規(guī)模

詞形變化

復數(shù)：critical masses  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

un.	1. 臨界質量 2. 中肯質量 3. 臨界技師

英英解釋

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%的家庭擁有量是技術達到臨界量的一個合理標志。

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

某種形式的能力認證中心通常是建立大量急需合適技能的好途徑。

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）收購Palm之前，WebOS也是一款不錯的操作系統(tǒng)，但它并沒能吸引到足夠的開發(fā)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，這樣的服務很難能夠得到大多數(shù)人的認可。人們不禁會問：如果沒有廣大的用戶，我為什么要加入呢？

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

就像在其它行業(yè)中那樣，該地區(qū)本地公司的佼佼者缺乏規(guī)模，而這個世界中臨界質量看來更加重要了。

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

壞消息：如果沒有足夠數(shù)量的國家團結在一個切實可行的行動方針周圍，那么這些美好的愿望將會變得毫無意義。

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

南南貿易正開始達到自己的臨界點。

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.

獅子試圖趕走鬣狗，但達到一定數(shù)目的鬣狗發(fā)生了質的變化。獅子最終不得不放棄自己的戰(zhàn)利品。

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

我們只需到達將事物引往積極方向的臨界點就足夠了。

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

然而，創(chuàng)造多樣化的文化意味著要有大量的女性經(jīng)理，要做到這一點，公司必須招聘更多女性。

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.

他們的動機就是用戶的增長，他們需要大量的用戶使用他們的服務，所以他們會盡可能的敞開大門。

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

成千上萬的匿名的貢獻聚集到一起，我們的勢頭不可擋的。

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

“為了與歐洲的商學院——尤其是西班牙的大型商學院進行競爭，我們需要一個強大的品牌并實現(xiàn)質的飛躍?！?/jz>

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

一年以后，它進入下一個階段，也就是臨界量。

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

哪種至關重要的特性為此框架提供了關鍵部分？

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

再則，俄羅斯的絕大多數(shù)民眾向來都很保守，歷史上激進的改革者大多以氣餒告終。

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

在前面一種情況，物質將被從一顆雙星剝離掉直到在白矮星的物質到達了“嚴格的標準質量”。

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

起碼在它尚未贏得決定性用戶群的市場內，此項服務很容易被復制。

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 .

（笑聲）（鼓掌）假使你們同意這一觀點，而且你們同意我們需要一個開明的社會和一群知情的民眾，你們則會意識到我需要你們。

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

當你充滿光芒，你即協(xié)助你的人性成為「關鍵性的大眾」。

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

指臨界質量臨界質量為維持鏈式反應所需要的裂變材料的最小質量稱為臨界質量。

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

并購交易將讓您獲得足夠數(shù)量和獲得的兩套資金來源和rolodexes工作以您的名義。

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

如果某個特定主題的投票達到了一定數(shù)量（完全由我作出的主觀判斷），我將在下一篇文章中就這一主題寫些東西。

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

歐洲以及所有的廣告商離紐約更近，你開始看到很多關鍵的事情發(fā)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.

我們本希望更多的靈魂前來，然而這關鍵的一大批將必須要做所有事情，將情況扭轉，因為所有人已經(jīng)有足夠的選擇機會了。

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

即使了解了這種重要性，我們也沒有達到關鍵的一點：使在編寫代碼之前編寫測試成為一種標準實踐。

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

第二種模式是關于創(chuàng)建關鍵部分來啟動您的SOA并使其在企業(yè)中運行。

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，一系列發(fā)揮關鍵作用的國家必須首先推動達成事關每個特定總量的國際協(xié)定，再去做其他國家的工作。

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

要實現(xiàn)動態(tài)電子商務的前景首先需要達到可重復使用的Web服務的臨界物質。

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

很可能隨著時間的推移，由于重要的批量生產(chǎn)的能力，中國在這些活動中獲取了越來越多的紅利。

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

Spring正在快速成熟，并將在可預見的未來成為一個參與者。

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

當應用平臺達到一定量的開發(fā)者，應用與用戶時，它能夠開始暴炸性的增長。

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

我們僅僅需要調整平衡，去贏得關鍵的東西。

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

因此，SMB并沒有迫切的要求去建立針對于由內向外過程的內部服務組合。

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

但任何沒有中國參與的協(xié)定都將缺乏“關鍵規(guī)模”，而且如果被視為一個“除中國以外國家”的俱樂部，還有可能導致不和。

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

大量行業(yè)專家是必須，以及特別委員會有專家專攻

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

現(xiàn)實地講，直到達至臨界質量，“選擇聯(lián)合與協(xié)作”的希望才將切實可行。

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

用另外的話說，地下教會運動將會達到一個關鍵性的數(shù)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.

盡管該問題在像中國這樣的新興經(jīng)濟體中達到了“臨界狀態(tài)”，但中國不是唯一要求改變的國家。

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

它是由一個用戶組織主持的，但是由于缺少廠商參與，WG未能達到臨界狀態(tài)。