breaking point

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break. countable,uncountable
  2. The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis. broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Even before Hurricane Sandy, New York was sheltering more homeless people than any city in the United States: a record 47,000 women, men and children, in a system strained to the breaking point.

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