moment of truth

英 [ˈməʊmənt ɒv truːθ]

美 [ˈmoʊmənt əv truːθ]

n.  紧要关头;决定性时刻

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 紧要关头;决定性时刻
  If you refer to a time or event asthe moment of truth, you mean that it is an important time when you must make a decision quickly, and whatever you decide will have important consequences in the future.
  1. Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
     两人都知道关键时刻到了。

英英释义

noun

• a crucial moment on which much depends
• the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

双语例句

• This, says Mr Hodges, suggests the moment of truth for commodities may be near.
  霍奇斯表示，这暗示大宗商品的真相时刻可能即将到来。
• Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you're hiding& from others and from yourself.
  真理：制造出一刻真理让自己揭示对自己、对别人在隐瞒什么。
• The moment of truth came when she got to the airport.
  她抵达机场时关键时刻来到了。
• This was a moment of truth in which evasion had no place.
  这个真理由不得任何人逃避。
• Now it's the moment of truth: should we stay or leave here?
  现在到了关键时刻：我们是走还是留？
• The moment of truth has arrived.
  到了说清楚的时候了。
• The job interview is the moment of truth in job hunting.
  在找工作的过程中，有面试就有曙光。
• Was that to have been the moment of truth?
  那就是真相大白的时刻嘛？
• On the cringe-inducing hit show The Moment of Truth, guests are shamed into horribly embarrassing admissions on national TV after taking a so-called lie-detector test.
  在一个引介逢迎的节目秀《真相大白》中，客人们通过了一个所谓测谎试验之后，难堪地进入令人极其窘迫的国家电视。
• With a strong physical and great technique on the field, he often plays an important part at the moment of truth.
  在球场上，他体能充沛，技术娴熟，经常在关键时刻发挥重要作用。