crossroads
noun🔊/ˈkrɒsrəʊdz/
🔊/ˈkrɔːsrəʊdz/
(North American English also crossroad)
(plural crossroads)
Idioms a place where two roads meet and cross each other 十字路口 At the next crossroads, turn right. 在下一个十字路口向右拐。 🔊🔊 Turn right at the next crossroads. 在下一个十字路口向右拐。 - (figurative)
He has reached a career crossroads (= he must decide which way to go next in his career). 他的事业发展到了一个十字路口。 🔊🔊
Idioms
at a/the crossroads
at an important point in somebody’s life or development （人生或发展）处于关键时刻，在紧要关头 We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of Europe. 我们正处于欧洲历史的紧要关头。 I knew I was at the crossroads of my career. 我知道我的事业处在一个十字路口。