come to a head

基本解释

• v. 达到紧急关头；成熟；出脓

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英汉例句

双语例句

• The matter came to a head on Monday night, January 30.
  1月30日，周一晚上，这场危机已到了紧急关头。
• Things came to a head seven years into her new role, in the summer of 2005.
  2005年夏天，在莫里斯扮演新角色的第七年，事情到了紧要关头。
• This came to a head in August 1971 when heavy selling forced President Nixon to suspend the conversion of dollars into gold.
  这最终走到了尽头。 1971年八月大范围的美元抛售迫使尼克松总统暂停美元对黄金的兑换。

原声例句

• That infighting came to a head Thursday when authorities say soldiers loyal to Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite opened fire on military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.
• It came to a head recently over drug patent laws.
  最近尤为突出的，是在药品专利法上。
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权威例句

• But as the question of a hostile takeover came to a head last week, Slim was silent.
  FORBES: Verizon's Slim Shady
• Matters came to a head last March, when the Iraqi forces unexpectedly moved to retake Basra.
  ECONOMIST: Britain's armed forces

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• If something comes to a head or someone brings something to a head, a situation reaches a point where something must be done about it.

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