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breaking point
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
breaking point noun
breaking point
noun
Learner's definition of BREAKING POINT
the breaking point
(US) or British breaking point 1
: the time when a person can no longer accept or deal with a situation because of too much pressure or stress（压力的）极限，顶点
- My nerves were at the breaking point. = I had just about reached the breaking point.我的神经紧张到了极点。
- My boss is pushing me to the breaking point.老板把我逼到了极限。
2
: the time when a situation has become so difficult, dangerous, etc., that it cannot continue（困难、危险等的）极限，顶点，爆发点
- Tensions between the two groups had reached the breaking point.两群人之间的关系已紧张到了极点。
breaking point
noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point
Recent Examples on the Web The heat is straining the power grid to the breaking point. 
Carter Evans, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 Yet even for that song, after an undoubtedly exhausting hour and 40 minutes, Beavis pushed himself to the breaking point, extending the climax with not one, not five, but 13 walloping, finale-worthy slams. Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022 The fight to come will strain the legitimacy of our institutions to the breaking point, test our faith in the rule of law, and tear the country apart. Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2022 For three days last week, as a heat wave pushed temperatures past 125 degrees, three southern provinces failed to even keep the lights on, as the extreme heat pushed an already shaky power grid to the breaking point. Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Sure, some of the bigger automakers can spend upward of seven figures to simply test their vehicles to the breaking point. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022 Does democracy have a similarly untelegenic breaking point? Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 July 2022 How concerned should viewers be for Kate and Toby, who seems closer than ever to a breaking point? Dan Snierson, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022 This might be his most intimate and elemental performance, his primary scene partner being a volleyball, and Hanks finds a raw, slightly terrifying urgency within his good-guy persona that suggests that even the best of us have a breaking point. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021 See More
Carter Evans, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 Yet even for that song, after an undoubtedly exhausting hour and 40 minutes, Beavis pushed himself to the breaking point, extending the climax with not one, not five, but 13 walloping, finale-worthy slams. Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022 The fight to come will strain the legitimacy of our institutions to the breaking point, test our faith in the rule of law, and tear the country apart. Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2022 For three days last week, as a heat wave pushed temperatures past 125 degrees, three southern provinces failed to even keep the lights on, as the extreme heat pushed an already shaky power grid to the breaking point. Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Sure, some of the bigger automakers can spend upward of seven figures to simply test their vehicles to the breaking point. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022 Does democracy have a similarly untelegenic breaking point? Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 July 2022 How concerned should viewers be for Kate and Toby, who seems closer than ever to a breaking point? Dan Snierson, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022 This might be his most intimate and elemental performance, his primary scene partner being a volleyball, and Hanks finds a raw, slightly terrifying urgency within his good-guy persona that suggests that even the best of us have a breaking point. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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