cross the Rubicon

短语

破釜沉舟

发音

AU

词形变化

crossed the Rubicon crosses the Rubicon 三单 crosses the Rubicon crossing the Rubicon 现在分词 crossed the Rubicon 过去式 crossed the Rubicon 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.

    破釜沉舟

    习语

    He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon, but he could not live a lie anymore.

词源

Refers to Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon to wage civil war with Rome, on January 10, 49 BCE, in violation of law. Suetonius' use of the phrase the die is cast in describing this act popularized the use of that phrase, which was first attributed to the Greek dramatist Menander.

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