thresholds
英[θ're?h??ldz]
美[θ're?ho?ldz]
例句
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-COUNT
門檻;門口
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.
例句
He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...
他在臥室門口停住了。
The bride was carried over the threshold.
新娘被抱進了家門。
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N-COUNT
(某事發生或改變的)界限，閾，起始點
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
例句
She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity...
她容易厭倦，需要時常進行活動來刺激一下。
The consensus has clearly shifted in favour of raising the nuclear threshold...
顯然大家已普遍開始轉向支持提高核武器使用的門檻了。
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PHRASE
在…開端;將要經歷;面臨著
If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
例句
We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
我們很快就將迎來天文學的新紀元。
...a lovely girl on the threshold of growing up.
眼看就要長大成人的可愛女孩