parting of the ways

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parting of the ways 的定义

  1. A point of divergence, especially an important one, as in When Jim decided to travel with the band and Jill wanted a more normal home life, they came to a parting of the ways. This term, which transfers a fork in a road to alternative courses of action, appears in the Bible, where the king of Babylon must decide whether or not to attack Jerusalem: “[He] stood at the parting of the way.” [c. 1600]

parting of the ways 近义词

parting of the ways

等同于 separation

parting of the ways

等同于 breach

parting of the ways

等同于 divorce

更多parting of the ways例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Reached Tuesday, a Sitrick Co. rep confirmed they parted ways with Epstein in April 2011.
  4. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  5. Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. When it was too late, I could think of half a dozen ways we might have avoided getting held up.
  8. You would notice sotto voce that when ways and means were being discussed, times were always hard.
  9. Frulein Fichtner herself looked no ways dismayed at the number of her guests, though we had the air of coming to storm the house.
  10. You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.