crossroads

noun

1. a point where a choice must be made

e.g. Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology

2. a community of people smaller than a village

Synonym: hamlet

3. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

e.g. at that juncture he had no idea what to do
he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point

Synonym: juncturecritical point

1. 十字路口
A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.

e.g. Turn right at the first crossroads.
在第一个十字路口向右转。

2. (发展的)关键时刻，紧要关头
If you say that something is at a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another.

e.g. The company was clearly at a crossroads...
该公司显然处于发展的关键时刻。
e.g. They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
他们的关系发展到了关键阶段。

3. 核心地区;汇集地
A crossroads is an important or central place.

e.g. ...Mulberry, a small town at the crossroads of agriculture in central Florida.
马尔伯里，一个位于佛罗里达州中部农业集中区的小镇

1. crossroads的近义词

1. 十字街头：Tracy Chapman首战告捷后,又于次年推出了第 2张专辑<<Crossroads>>,这张专辑进一步反映了社会底层人民的处境,更具政治色彩. 商业与乐评的成功促使第二张专辑<>(Crossroads)于1989年紧接推出,在英国照样拿下专辑榜冠军.

2. 穿越乡间路：2001年他在<>(Crossroads)中出演布兰妮.斯皮尔斯的男友,并得到了文斯.范恩喜剧<>中的一个配角角色. 此后朗又在几部独立影片中担起大梁,包括<>(2004)和<>(2005)等,