threshold

['θreʃhəuld]

n.门槛, 开端, 界限, 入口

例句与用法:

The tax threshold for a single pensioner is 450 dollars.

单身养老金领取者的征税起点是450美元。

The cabin has a flat stone for a threshold.

这间小屋用一条扁平的石头做门槛。

The treaty will be the threshold of lasting peace.

这个条约将成为持久和平的开端。

词形变化:

动词过去式: threshed | 动词过去分词: threshed | 动词现在分词: threshing | 动词第三人称单数: threshes |

详细释义:

n.

1. 门槛[C]

He had never crossed the threshold of a bar before.

他过去从未进过酒吧的门。

2. 出发点, 开端, 起点[S]

Scientists are on the threshold of a breakthrough in their treatment of that disease.

科学家在治疗那种疾病方面很快就要取得突破。

3. (税的)起征点[S]

The tax threshold for a pensioner is $6, 000.

领退休金的人的纳税起点是六千美元。

4. 【生】【心】阈[C]

5. (工资、价格的)起增点


短语词组:

on the threshold of

1. 在……的开端

Scientists are now on the threshold of a better understanding of how the human brain works.

科学家们现在对人脑的功能开始有更进一步的了解。