threshold
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threshold
英 [?θre?h??ld] 美 [?θre?ho?ld]
n. 门槛,门口;阈,界,起始点;开端,起点,入门;机场跑道入口,跑道头
①可数名词
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself. 门口
He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom.
他在卧室门口停了下来。
②可数名词
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes. 界限; 临界点
Moss has a high threshold for pain and a history of fast healing.
莫斯的忍痛力很强,而且有迅速愈合的经历。
③习语
If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it. 即将经历
We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
我们将迈入天文学的新时代。
【讲解】
该词本义比较简单,就是日常生活中随处可见的“门槛”,也可以指“门口”,比如站在门口犹豫不决(stand hesitating on the threshold)、迈过门槛(step across the threshold)。
从越过门槛才能进门这个概念出发, threshold 很自然地就被用来引申指“阈、界、起始点”,主要指发生或表现出某种反应、现象、结果或状况而必须超过的程度或强度,比如:
我没办法凭空变出几百万美元。我的收入才刚刚超过征税起点。
I could not conjure up millions of dollars out of thin air. My earnings are just above the tax threshold.
那个贪吃的人容易感到厌倦,需要时常进行体力活动来刺激一下。
That voracious eater has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity.
而习语 on the threshold of sth 则相应表示“在……的开始、在……的起点”,常意味着即将进入一个新且重要的时期或发展阶段,比如:
这个因监狱状况恶劣而臭名远扬的国家即将爆发内战。
The country notorious for its appalling prison conditions is on the threshold of civil war.
threshold什么意思
threshold /?θre?h??ld/
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基本释义
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself. A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
n. 门槛,界限,临界点
外刊例句
Global emissions from fossil fuels and cement production in 2019 were 16% higher than in 2009. It will be even harder to limit climate change to less than 2°C above the pre-industrial level, the global threshold from which America’s target for 2050 comes.
2019年全球化石燃料和水泥生产行业的总碳排放量较2009年上升了16%,而美国制定的2050年碳中和目标是将全球气候变化的温升限制在不超过工业化前水平2摄氏度,这将异常困难。
追根溯源
单词threshold来源古英语threscold,表示“门槛”,后来拼写受单词hold的影响,逐渐被写成threshold,含义也丰富起来。
基本的含义是指实体的“门槛,门口”,比如:
She stopped at the threshold of the bedroom.
她在卧室门口停了下来。
Just as he was crossing the threshold he heard voices behind him.
正当他要跨进门槛,就听见背后有说话声。
同时,threshold也引申出了“界限、起始点,临界点”等虚拟的含义,指发生或表现出某种反应、现象、结果或状况而必须超过的程度或强度。例如:
My earnings are just above the tax threshold.
我的收入刚刚超过征税起点。
The consensus has clearly shifted in favour of raising the nuclear threshold.
显然大家已普遍开始转向支持提高核武器使用的门槛了。
此外,on the threshold of sth这个习语也很常用,表示“在……的开始、在……的起点、即将开始”,意味着即将进入一个新且重要的时期或发展阶段,比如:
She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.
她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。
Scientists are now on the threshold of a better understanding of how the Omicron works.
科学家对于奥密克戎病毒如何运作现在已开始有了进一步的了解。
影视例句
在美剧《摩登家庭》S4E2中,Manny在回应妈妈的调侃时,就用到了今天的单词:
Gloria: Manny doesn't believe that we know what we're doing. A couple of new hairs under his arm, and now he thinks he knows more than his own mother.
Manny: I know not to embarrass my son as he stands on the threshold of manhood.
-曼尼不相信我们能尽好父母之职,腋窝的毛刚长出几根,他就觉得自己比他妈懂得多了。
-我至少懂得不去羞辱儿子青春期的正常发育现象。
threshold词根词缀
1、表达的意思不同
阀值指的是一个标准值。
阈值,是临界值,指一个效应能够产生的最低值或最高值。
2、应用领域不同
阀值是化工和机电里的词汇,如某种管道阀门等到达溢出状态的溢出值。
阈值广泛用于各方面,包括建筑学、生物学、飞行、化学、电信、电学、心理学等,如生态阈值。
3、作用不同
例如数学数学中y=f(x)函数关系,自变量x值必须在函数的定义域内,因变量y=才能有确定的值。这个函数的定义域就是x的阈值。
地震工程地震工程中,强震持续时间可定义为超过一定加速度阈值(一般为0.05g)的第一个峰点和最后一个峰点之间的时间段。