英语释义

1. a moment when significant change occurs or may occur turning point
At 18, Bobby is at an inflection point that will largely determine the course of his life.
— Stacy Perman … the gradual move away from big-iron machines toward work stations and personal computers has been going on for years in corporate America—but the inflection point came suddenly.
— Steve Lohr It depends on us, on the choices we make, particularly at certain inflection points in history; particularly when big changes are happening and everything seems up for grabs.
— Barack Obama

2. a point on a curve that separates an arc concave upward from one concave downward and vice versa

片语

inflection-point method拐点法

inflection-point temperature拐点温度

inflexion point拐点；曲折点；回折点

strategic inflection point策略转折点

inflection-point abstracting拐点提取

inflection point instability转折点不稳度

upper inflection point折点

inflection n point转折点

inflection point Wilson拐点

deviation of inflection point拐点偏移距

turning point转折点

英汉例句

• reaching the inflection point gives the network increasing momentum, or what is sometimes called 「the tipping point.」

  用户数量达到拐点时，网络将获得越来越强的发展动力，这个点有时也被称作「转折点」。

• but it was more than that: it was also a vital inflection point in my own ethical development, my own self-understanding as a member of the global community.

  但这种使命感不只停在知识层面，它也是我个人道德发展的重要转折点，我自我理解的作为国际社会一员的责任感。

• indeed, incoming data suggest an inflection point that may mark the end of the acute phase of consumer retrenchment.

  事实上，最新数据或许标志着消费支出急剧下滑阶段结束的拐点。

• jones and darragh say social entrepreneurism — the movement to make money while doing good — has reached an inflection point in chicago.

  琼斯和darragh说，社会企业家——赚钱而行善——在芝加哥已到达一个转折点。

• the world crossed an inflection point today.

  如今，世界格局正在处在悄然转变的拐点上。

• over the next few months – as wikipedia approached 30, 000 articles in english – an inflection point was reached, and wikipedia started to grow explosively.

  之后短短几个月的时间，wikipedia的英文文本就达到接近叁万个，而这里正是wikipedia开始急转之上的转折点.随后wikipedia文本就开始剧增。

• and so i say to you that our university today is at an inflection point in its history.

  今天，哈佛正处于其历史的转折点。

• our university today is at an inflection point in its history.

  今天，我们的大学处在其发展的转折点上。

• while standards are still being worked on, now 「we are at an inflection point where innovation is exploding.」

  我们正处在一个创新爆炸的转折点上。

• i predict that the next inflection point won’t be about numbers of users. it will be about engagement.

  而我预言，下一个拐点不会再以用户的数量来衡量其价值，而是对所有人的占有。

• if setpoint has inflection point characteristics during open-loop operation, pitch fork singularity can be viewed during closed-loop operation.

  特别当设定点是拐点时，闭环系统的定态解分支呈音叉型分枝特性。