"the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
1.转折点;转机
Aturning point is a time at which an important change takes place which affects the future of a person or thing.
turning point的近义词
e.g. The vote yesterday appears to mark something of aturningpoint in the war...
昨天的投票似乎标志着战争中的某个转折点。
e.g. Hungary's opening of the border was aturningpoint for the refugees.
匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。
1. 拐点：大约在2002年夏天左右,宏观经济拐点(turningpoint)出现,即中国经济开始走出通缩而呈现新的特征. 货币政策判断必须要对拐点特别敏感. 决策者不仅要看主要指标的变化,同时要看一阶导数、二阶导数,才可能对拐点看得比较清楚.
2. 转折关头：转机 turnaround | 转折关头turningpoint | 准财政赤字 quasi-fiscal deficit
