- A threshold is what you step across when you enter a room. A threshold takes you from one place into another, and when you're about to start something new, you're also on a threshold.
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- n. 门槛
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1. She stood hesitating on the threshold.
她站在门口，犹豫不决。
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2. He stepped across the threshold.
他迈过门槛。
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3. I have a high pain threshold.
我的忍痛力很高。
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4. My earnings are just above the tax threshold.
我的收入刚刚超过征税起点。
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5. She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.
她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。
- threshold (n.) Old English þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold, etc., "door-sill, point of entering," a word of uncertain origin and probably much altered by folk-etymology.
thresh·old / ˈθreʃhəʊld ; NAmE ˈθreʃhoʊld / noun 1 the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway,considered as the entrance to a building or room 门槛；门口 ◆ She stood hesitating on the threshold. 她站在门口，犹豫不决。 ◆ He stepped across the threshold. 他迈过门槛。 2 the level at which sth starts to happen or have an effect 阈；界；起始点 ◆ He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily). 他极易感到乏味。 ◆ I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react). 我的忍痛力很高。 ◆ My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax). 我的收入刚刚超过征税起点。 3 [usually singular ] the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins 开端；起点；入门 ◆ She felt as though she was on the threshold ofa new life. 她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。 threshold thresholds thresh·old / ˈθreʃhəʊld ; NAmE ˈθreʃhoʊld /
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