tipping point

tipping point

美 　英

• n.（個案積累終成大趨勢的）引爆點
• 網絡臨界點；轉折點；卸載點

詞形變化

復數：tipping points  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

un.	1. 卸貨處 2. 卸貨站

英英解釋

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.

當我們看待事情越來越接近臨界點的時候，我們有可能會看到一些很狂亂的事情發生。

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的設計使之非常接近一個臨界點，過了這個臨界點，Linux就可以被各種層次的用戶方便的使用。

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.

比如說，在接近轉折點的氣候中，天氣在發生重大變化之前往往一天天顯得越來越相似。

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

在我看來，你們已經獨自做了足夠多，以這樣或那樣的方式。我看到了一個轉折點。

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個轉折點，我一下子讓事情變得如此簡單。

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

但是，如果系統正在接近轉折點，它往往需要更長的時間恢復平衡。

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

有一種你不得不信，甚至還有點恐怖的觀點，那就是地球氣候可能正走向一個崩潰的邊緣。

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

克萊門斯的經紀人亨德瑞斯表示，洋基能夠獨得垂青，主要是因為他們立刻就需要克萊門斯。

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.

我不認為我們已到達峰頂，我想我們將持續是個創新的產業，挑戰彼此以使這些方面的努力進一步迅速發展。

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

然而，美國金融系統危機已發展到了一個危險的傾覆點，留給人們的選擇并不多。

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.

轉折點迫近的一個常見預警信號是，系統受到干擾后，需要較長時間恢復到平衡狀態。

'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. '

他說：“這是一個D計劃（后備方案），它實質上是在氣候變化太快時所采用的一種解決方案。”

"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. "

“如果像我們一樣的人們不為自己的權利挺身而出的話，我們的國家就不會有任何改變，”她說，“印度的轉折點已經到來。”

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

阻止人們“想做就做”的最大障礙之一并不是在撞上他們的人生轉折點時知道自己在哪兒。

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

決策者已認識到了這一臨界點，并試圖在觸及該臨界點之前盡早采取行動。

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

這是生成技術的一個轉折點，然而卻還不能代表最終的價值所在。

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

然而，我們（這里指美國人）能否依靠自己來維持經濟的復蘇卻還是個未知數。

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

當雷曼倒閉，銀行的流動性和信心也同時停滯了，這也是全球崩潰的臨界點。

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

系統接近轉折點時，會變得更加遲鈍。

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

他表示：“歷史經驗表明，5%可能是個轉折點。”

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

從《引爆趨勢》（TheTippingPoint）到《助推》（Nudge），流行社會科學的興起在過去十年已成為出版業值得關注的特點。

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

一個更加復雜的方法提示，在這個轉折點到來之前，行動是謹慎的。

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

《引爆點》闡述了突變點產生于網絡效應。

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

按月度環比計算，中國房價漲勢已經幾近停滯。許多分析師認為，目前市場正處于一個轉捩點。

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

然而另一個引爆點的出現，則可能是冰原的縮減，極冠轉反射太陽的能量為吸收。

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，資本主義或許正在接近某種轉折點，告別過去三十年來盛行的那種“贏家通吃”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，反對卡扎菲政權的勢頭達到了臨界點：的黎波里正在擺脫暴君的控制，卡扎菲政權正在崩潰。

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

Brook認為臨界點在于私家車主每年行駛里程是否達到5000英里（約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，為了達到轉折點，網絡必須盡快吸引盡可能多的用戶，吸引下一個更大的浪潮。

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

該模式是在大多數這樣的叛亂一樣，導致了一個臨界點級聯事件。

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

經濟學家一致認為，供應缺口的出現已將美國經濟推到了一個臨界點。

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

引爆點就是軍事實力——可以威懾鄰國，沒有實際威脅的威脅軍事行動。

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

現在，一些分析師預測樓市已接近拐點。

The tipping point seems to be about 30 per cent.

能產生重大變化的數字似乎是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. "

但他對未來充滿信心：“很難說現在就是轉折點，但我們正不斷接近。”

It is all but impossible to predict a tipping point.

要預測轉折點幾乎是不可能的。

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

我們能否在大自然達到臨界點之前達到我們的臨界點？

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

不過，分析人士也提醒，中國消費者也可能和其它國家民眾一樣，在某種食物價格達到某個峰值時轉而尋求較便宜的替代品。

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

證據逐步顯示，中國的商業環境正處于臨界點。

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

不過，參加了釜山會議的歐洲人表示，促成此次轉折的，其實是亞洲官員的言論。