crisis

【发音】

美 /'kraɪsɪs/ 英 /'kraɪsɪs/

【翻译】

1. n.危机；转折点

   英释:a situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly so that the situation does not get worse or more dangerous

【记忆】

cri(看作cry， 哭) ＋ sis(看作SOS， 求救信号) → 哭喊着发求救信号 → 危机

【短语】

1. financial crisis : 金融危机；财政危机

2. economic crisis : 经济危机

3. crisis management : 危机管理，处理危急的办法

4. credit crisis : 信用危机

5. energy crisis : 能源危机

6. ecological crisis : 生态危机

7. debt crisis : 债务危机；倒债危机

8. environmental crisis : 环境危机

9. subprime crisis : 次贷危机

10. crisis intervention : [心]危机干预；危机处理；危机介入

11. currency crisis : 货币危机

12. subprime mortgage crisis : 次贷危机

13. crisis of confidence : 信任危机

14. humanitarian crisis : 人道主义危机

15. identity crisis : 认同的转折点

16. liquidity crisis : 流动性危机；清偿危机

17. monetary crisis : 货币危机；金融危机

18. financial crisis in asia : 亚洲金融危机

19. midlife crisis : 中年危机

20. fiscal crisis : 财政危机

【例句】

1. The country now faces an economic crisis .

   该国目前正面临一场经济危机。

2. The Prime Minister was criticized for the way in which he handled the crisis .

   首相处理危机的方式遭到了批评。

3. the current debt crisis

   当前的债务危机

4. a major political crisis

   重大的政治危机

5. I was relieved that we had averted yet another financial crisis .

   我如释重负，我们又避免了一场财政危机。

6. Oil companies were heavily criticized when they made large profits during the oil crisis of the 1970s.

   石油公司因在20世纪70年代的石油危机中赚取了丰厚利润而受到严厉抨击。

7. The car industry is now in crisis .

   汽车工业现在正处于危机之中。

8. He doesn’t seem to be very good at crisis management .

   他好像不大擅长处理危机。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Africa’s largest in facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act...

3. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 写作题)...while pessimists complain that we will experience the greatest unemployment crisis in human history...

4. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...Baily says the banking crisis is not...

5. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...While Wall Street executives used their expensive lawyers to ensure that their ranks were not held accountable for the misdeeds that the crisis in 2008 so graphically revealed...

6. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Throughout the 2008 financial crisis and the recession and recovery that followed...

7. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 写作题)...there may be a trust crisis between individuals and the government...

8. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it harder to accept extravagant indulgences...

9. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed lastNovember...

10. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis...

【同、近义词】

1. n.危机；危险期；决定性时刻

   defining moment/critical stage/