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

• Some had been stretched to the breaking point and their tensile strength indicated.
  它们的扭力，紧张力，和压力大小，都有数码标明在上面。
• 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。
• Their five-year relationship was strained beyond breaking point
  他们五年的关系已经紧张到无法维系。
• 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。
• Every man's got a breaking point.
  每个人的忍耐都会有限度的。
• The integrity of the voting process will be tested to breaking point.
  选举程序的真实性也将受到严峻的考验。
• But what I want to do now, I want to get to the breaking point.
  现在我想做的是，我想得到断裂点。
• In the end, the internal tensions did not go to the breaking point.
  最后，内部的紧张局势并没有达到破裂点。
• 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。