喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˈkruːʃəl/關鍵的

    Extremely important, because the success of everything else depends on it.

    示範例句 · Example

    The last few minutes of the game were crucial for our team.

    逐字這場比賽的最後幾分鐘對我們的隊伍是關鍵的。

    crucial 是「非常重要、關鍵」的意思，因為後面所有事都靠它。它比 important 更強——important 是「重要」，crucial 是「少了它就會失敗」的那種重要。常用 crucial to、a crucial role、a crucial moment。可以想成「決定成敗的那一個點」。

    常見搭配

    • crucial to

      對...至關重要

      extremely important for something

      Rest is crucial to your health.

    • play a crucial role/part in

      起關鍵作用

      to have a very important effect on something

      Coaches play a crucial role in a young player's growth.

    • a crucial moment

      關鍵時刻

      a point in time when what happens will decide the result

      At the crucial moment, she scored the winning point.

    • absolutely crucial

      絕對關鍵

      completely necessary for success

      Teamwork is absolutely crucial in this sport.

core核心畫面

Picture arriving at a fork in the road where you must pick one of two paths — and that single choice decides the whole journey ahead. Something crucial is that fork: everything else hangs on it.

可以想成你走到一個岔路口，前面的路突然分成兩條，你非選一條不可——而這一選，後面整趟路就此決定。crucial 的東西就是那個岔路口：整件事的成敗都吊在它身上，選錯就全盤不同。

From the word’s history

From Latin crux, crucis 'cross'. Latin crux came to name a signpost where a road forks in two; Francis Bacon's phrase instantia crucis (1620) used that forking-road image for a decisive test — the point where you must choose and everything turns.

來自拉丁文 crux（十字、交叉），後來指路口那種「一條路分成兩條」的路標。培根在 1620 年用 instantia crucis（岔路口的實例）來講一個決定性的關鍵點——就是那個非選不可、一選就定生死的分岔處。

etymonline.com/word/crucial; Francis Bacon, Novum Organum (1620)

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

crucialadj/ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/

  • 1

    Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.

    • The battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland.
    • A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.
  • 2

    archaicCruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.

  • 3

    slangVery good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.

    • Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。