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.
羅斯福履任的“前100天”是在大蕭條時期的掙扎與復興中度過，被作家奧爾特（JonathanAlter）稱之為“決定性時刻”。
So I thought he would be the perfect person to go to to ask about a defining moment in American history.
那好，我認為他可能是能回答關于美國歷史上一個決定性的時刻的最佳人選。
But she said it was a defining moment for her and many of her wealthy friends.
但她說，這場危機對她和她的許多有錢朋友來說都是一個決定性時刻。
In its zigzagging pursuit of a more nimble and effective form of authoritarian rule, China may behaving a defining moment.
在追求精致高效的統治模式的曲折過程中，中國也許會迎來關鍵的時刻。
Every true Rotarian has a story to tell, a defining moment that captures what Rotary is all about.
每位真正的扶輪人都有故事可說—一個捕捉扶輪真義的決定性時刻。
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.
把鋼弦吉他帶入音樂廳和交響樂團一起演奏是我事業中一個重要的里程碑。
For me, that was the defining moment of what would become the next six years of our lives together.
對我而言，那個時刻注定了接下來的六年我們四個人的生活將變成什么樣子。
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國集團（G20）政府首腦倫敦峰會的召開，將是一個決定性時刻。
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.
于是我們中的許多人在這童年的決定性時刻，開始那追尋胸上掛著三個肉彈的女孩的征程。
This will be the defining moment of the new coalition, as the chancellor sets out his long-term plan to rein in the deficit.
聯合政府將迎來關鍵的時刻，財政部長通過制定長期計劃來遏制財政赤字。
It was a defining moment, one of the most important of my life. Everything went well, it could have gone wrong.
“這是一個決定性的時刻，也是我的生活重要的一刻，又順利的也會有麻煩”。
Earlier, the White House described it as a "defining moment in the war against al-Qaeda" .
早先，白宮稱拉登被擊斃是“打擊基地組織戰爭中的決定性時刻”。
That becomes a defining moment in his battle against the factory, which for years had been flouting environmental regulations.
這成為了他和工廠斗爭中的決定性一刻。這家工廠多年來一直無視環保法規。
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許會成為你人生中的關鍵點，對此你很難預料。
The next few years could be a defining moment and strategic opportunity for China-EU relations.
從歷史角度看，未來幾年可能是中歐關系的一個關鍵戰略定型期。
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，年輕的雄獅將水牛壓倒在地。這是一個重大的時刻。年輕的獅子最終成為狩獵團隊的一員。
A scientific, technological, military and political gamble - the attack proved to be the defining moment of the 20th Century.
這是一次集科學、技術、軍事及政治于一身的賭注，寫下二十世紀最重要的時刻。
When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.
當決定性時刻來臨時，要么由你來決定這個時刻，要么由這個時刻來決定你。
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，我們見證了戈登·布朗當中出丑，這次事件最終會成為布朗首相職業生涯中的一個重要時刻。
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.
當時對于21歲的亞當斯來說，那是個決定性時刻——那一刻他在古典鋼琴家和攝影師這兩條路中作出了選擇。
Other aspects of the Carey tenure were more conventionally progressive, but his defining moment was the financial crisis.
凱里任內在其它方面還是遵循傳統的循序漸進的做法，但金融危機成為他的決定性時刻。
It was the defining moment in the entrepreneurial career of Andy Hopper.
那是安迪?霍珀（AndyHopper）企業家生涯的決定性時刻。
You know, we are at a defining moment in our history.
你們知道，我們現在正處于我們歷史上的一個決定性時刻。
But with this defining moment in the genre, many of the great works that preceded Tolkien have been forgotten in time.
然而，在該流派的這個限定時間內，許多先于托爾金的作品已被遺忘。
As a young brown American, I couldn't be more deeply or powerfully inspired by the "defining moment" of an Obama presidency.
作為一個褐色的年輕美國人，我被奧巴馬當選總統的“決定性時刻”深深而強烈地鼓舞著。
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.
政府軍在巴士拉與伊拉克武裝力量進行了巷戰，布什稱這次武裝沖突是伊拉克歷史上的一次具有檢驗意義的重要時刻。
This was a defining moment; it was my discovery of the English language.
這是決定性的時刻；是我對英語這種語言的發現。
It's a defining moment in a parent's life: Seeing their unborn child's image on an ultrasound for the first time.
為人父母一生中的關鍵時刻，就是第一眼看到他們未出生孩子的超聲波影像。
and the dedicated public servants of the State Department on behalf of our nation at this defining moment.
以及國務院里一心為公的在此歷史性的時刻代表我們國家的公務員。
For me, there was a defining moment of missing my husband.
對我來說，有一個時刻可以用來定義我對丈夫的思念。
To me, this was a defining moment of the 2008 Olympics.
對我來說，這才是2008年奧運會關鍵性的一刻。
Mr Putin's crossness is understandable. Mr Khodorkovsky's arrest and trial became a defining moment of his presidency.
普京的壞脾氣是可以理解的，霍多爾科夫斯基的被捕和審判成為了他的總統任期內決定性的瞬間。
Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn't the defining moment of the Great Depression.
與普遍的觀點不同，股票市場的崩潰并不是1929年大蕭條的關鍵因素。
In China, the defining moment was when a protester in France tried to grab the flame from a female torchbearer in a wheelchair.
在中國，關鍵時刻是抗議者在法國試著奪取女性在輪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.
這是一個決定性時刻，作為一個國家我們必須做出決定。
What's the one defining moment of your life so far?
能跟我講講你人生中至關重要的一刻嗎？
Last month marked many monumental events, with the defining moment being the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
上個月發生了許多標志性的大事件，其中決定性的時刻正是雷曼兄弟公司的破產。
So, what do you think has been the defining moment of the Beijing Olympic Games?
你認為什么是北京奧運最精彩的時刻呢？
The Renaissance. The defining moment in European history when the creative genius of Man found perfect expression in Art and Science alike.
文藝復興，歐洲歷史上定義時刻，那個時候人類創造天才發現藝術和科學完美的表現。
They both concern the great defining moment of Greek culture, the Trojan War.
它們都有關希臘文化偉大的決定性時刻，特洛伊戰爭。
