threshold

noun

OPAL W

/ˈθreʃhəʊld/

the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room门槛；门口
- He stepped across the threshold.他迈过门槛。
- on the threshold She stood hesitating on the threshold.她站在门口，犹豫不决。
Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1
Collocations Dictionary
verb + threshold
- cross
preposition
- across the threshold
- over the threshold
- on the threshold
- …
the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect阈；界；起始点
- He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily).他极易感到乏味。
- I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react).我的痛阈很高。
- My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax).我的收入刚刚超过税收起征点。
- The number of people with the disease is reaching a critical threshold.此病患者人数即将达到临界关口。
- They earn wages below the decency threshold set by the EU.他们的工资低于欧盟规定的最低标准。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- maximum
- …
verb + threshold
- have
- reach
- meet
- …
threshold + noun
- level
- value
preposition
- above a/the threshold
- below a/the threshold
[usually singular] the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins开端；起点；入门
- on the threshold of something She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。

词源Old English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense ‘tread’), but the origin of the second element is unknown.

词汇	threshold
释义	threshold noun OPAL W /ˈθreʃhəʊld/ /ˈθreʃhəʊld/ the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room门槛；门口 He stepped across the threshold.他迈过门槛。 on the threshold She stood hesitating on the threshold.她站在门口，犹豫不决。 Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1 Collocations Dictionaryverb + threshold cross preposition across the threshold over the threshold on the threshold … the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect阈；界；起始点 He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily).他极易感到乏味。 I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react).我的痛阈很高。 My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax).我的收入刚刚超过税收起征点。 The number of people with the disease is reaching a critical threshold.此病患者人数即将达到临界关口。 They earn wages below the decency threshold set by the EU.他们的工资低于欧盟规定的最低标准。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective high low maximum … verb + threshold have reach meet … threshold + noun level value preposition above a/the threshold below a/the threshold [usually singular] the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins开端；起点；入门 on the threshold of something She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。词源Old English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense ‘tread’), but the origin of the second element is unknown.
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