breaking point

英 [ˈbreɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈbreɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

n.  (问题难以遏制的)顶点，极限

化学

牛津词典

noun

• （问题难以遏制的）顶点，极限
  the time when problems become so great that a person, an organization or a system can no longer deal with them
  1. to be at/to reach breaking point
     处于 / 达到极限
  2. to be stretched to breaking point
     已抻至极限

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 崩溃点；极点；极限
  If something or someone has reachedbreaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
  1. The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point...
     关于这一暴动的报道暴露出监狱系统已经达到了承受极限。
  2. Families round here are at breaking point. They have been on half wages since October...
     这附近的家庭已经忍无可忍了。从10月以来他们就一直只领一半的薪水。
  3. The breaking point came when he had to sack his deputy Prime Minister.
     他万般无奈，不得不解除副总理的职务。

英英释义

noun

• the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
• (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

双语例句

• High unemployment was stretching the welfare system to breaking point.
  高失业率使得福利救济系统濒于崩溃。
• City services and facilities have been strained to a breaking point.
  城市服务及设施的使用已经到了极限。
• Essential imports had stretched the national reputation to the breaking point.
  基本进口将国家声誉推向了崩溃的边缘。
• The constant presence of her husband had strained their friendship to breaking point.
  她丈夫的频频出现使她们的友谊到了破裂的边缘。
• It came near to breaking point.
  那东西快要断裂了。
• Do you have a "breaking point" for your juggle-a point where long work hours send you over the edge into work-family conflict?
  你忙里忙外的生活中会极限点？漫长的工作让你走到了工作和家庭冲突的边缘？
• Families round here are at breaking point. They have been on half wages since October
  这附近的家庭已经忍无可忍了。从10月以来他们就一直只领一半的薪水。
• With four surgeries in three years, the Rockets worried they were reaching a breaking point.
  老姚过去三年接受了四个手术，火箭队担心他们正来到转折点。
• In addition, political and financial issues ultimately brought relations between the colonists and the English homeland to a breaking point.
  此外，政治和财政问题最终导致殖民地人民和宗主国英国的关系走到了决裂边缘。
• He had tried her patience to breaking point.
  他已把她逼到了忍无可忍的地步。