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crucial

/kroo-shuhl/US // ˈkru ʃəl //UK // (ˈkruːʃəl) //

关键,重要的,重要,关键的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
    • : severe; trying.
    • : of the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.critical, important

Examples

  • The less crucial amino acids seem to help organisms deal with oxidation, a 2018 study concluded, hinting that LUCA’s forerunners incorporated them while evolving in an environment rich in oxygen or other oxidizing compounds.

  • With venture capital crucial to catalyze business growth, the funding model needs to change.

  • However, we’ve seen users are spending more time on TikTok than Facebook, and it is crucial for marketers to provide those users with content.

  • In an article published today in the journal Science, researchers stressed that building an understanding of how these particles are affecting us—especially the most tiny pieces—is crucial.

  • ProPublica went on to use the disciplinary data we published to do more crucial stories.

  • All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.

  • During two years in Iranian custody, Abdolhamid provided crucial details of how Jundullah operated.

  • Some pilots consider the infrared marker to be crucial to the close air-support mission to support ground troops.

  • And some of the most compelling statements came from a powerful, crucial set of equality allies: corporations.

  • From the looks of it, mistletoe is a keystone species and plays a crucial role in that forest ecosystem.

  • A crucial question, very much affected by what the Admiral told me last night.

  • "I'm so very sorry," Anson said, slightly flustered, remembering that this was always the crucial moment in a sale.

  • Colonel Mildmay considered; they were approaching the crucial point, and he took his resolution.

  • Bernadotte moved slowly, and did not render his force effective at the crucial moment.

  • Some of my green men had funked just at the crucial moment, and I had all but shot one.