词汇 | crisis |
词源 | crisis [LME] At one time a crisis was specifically the turning point of a disease, a change that leads either to recovery or death. The source is Greek krisis ‘a decision’, from krinein ‘to decide, judge’ also the root of critic [L16th], critical [L16th], and criterion [E17th]. Its more general sense ‘decisive point’ dates from the early 17th century. |
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