the point of no return

释义

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   欲罢不能的时刻；已无退路；不可能回头

   the time when you must continue with what you have decided to do, because it is not possible to get back to an earlier situation

   Past the point of no return

电影里这样说 · 2 部

• Criticality, a point of no return, massive explosive force.Oppenheimer2023
• Past the point of no returnThe Phantom of the Opera2004
• and that we're past the point of no return no matter what remedial actions we take?Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• It was no point of return.Mully2015
• How about Point ofKnow Return on Point of Know Return?High Fidelity2000
• Can you even begin to fathom the shit-ton of money my uncles and I have squandered to get to this point of no return?The French Dispatch2021

在完整场景里学

• 奥本海默2023
  • 大师劝他离开剑桥：leaves a little to be desired（还稍欠火候）
  • 请他执掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫属）
  • 火车上结识拉比：seek out（主动去寻找）

同一词条的短语

• if it comes to the point
• in point of fact
• make a point of doing
• more to the point
• on point
• point of contact
• a point of departure
• a point of honour
• point taken
• to the point
• to the point of
• up to a point