crisis
noun/ˈkraɪsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural crises
/ˈkraɪsiːz/
)Слово англійською: crisis
Переклад crisis українською: криза
Детальний опис
- a time of great danger, difficulty or doubt when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made
- an economic/a financial crisis
- The government is attempting to solve the debt crisis through spending cuts.
- The government is facing a political crisis.
- a humanitarian crisis created by war and drought
- a housing/an energy crisis
- to resolve/solve/address a crisis
- in crisis The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.
- The Labour Party was facing an identity crisis.
- an expert in crisis management
- We provide help to families in crisis situations.
- I know which friends I can turn to in times of crisis.
- crisis of something The party was suffering a crisis of confidence among its supporters (= they did not trust it any longer).
- a time when a problem, a bad situation or an illness is at its worst point
- Their marriage has reached crisis point.
- The fever has passed its crisis.
- The team's dismal season has reached crisis point.
see also critical
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the turning point of a disease): medical Latin, from Greek krisis ‘decision’, from krinein ‘decide’. The general sense ‘decisive point’ dates from the early 17th cent.