crucial

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a. 决定性的, 重要的, 严厉的 [医] 十字形的; 决断的, 定局的

发音

AU /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/

词形变化

more crucial 比较级 most crucial 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

重要的；决定性的；定局的；决断的

释义与例句

adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.

    至关重要的

    The battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland.

    A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.

  2. 2.

    Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.

    俚语

    Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

important essential all-important of the essence

反义词 1

noncrucial

近义相关 8

important material critical polar decisive pivotal life-and-death life-or-death

参见 3

critical essential decisive

词源

1706, from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin crux, crucis (“cross”) (English crux), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). The meaning “decisive, critical” is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by Francis Bacon in his influential Novum Organum (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.

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