crisis
/ˈkrʌɪsɪs/
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American sound/ˈkrʌɪsɪs/
crisis
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cri - sis -> crisis
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကပ်ဆိုက်သောကာလ
Full entry
crisis /'kraÇsÇs/ n (pl crises /-si:z/) [C,U]
ကပ်ဆိုက်သော ကာလ။ ဘေးကျပ်နံကျပ် ကာလ။ အရေးအခင်းကာလ။ သေရေး ရှင်ရေးကာလ။ လက်ပြဲ။
financial/ economic/ political/ domestic crises ❍ a crisis in southern Africa ❍ come to/ reach a crisis ❍ a government in crisis (ie going through a difficult period) ❍ In times of crisis it's good to have a friend to turn to. ❍ The fever has passed its crisis (ie its most dangerous point). ❍ The government is holding crisis talks with the unions. See also CRITICAL ၃
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- [financial/economic/political crisis] : A period of economic/financial/political crisis
- [defuse/resolve/solve a crisis] : Talks have so far failed to resolve the crisis (=end it).
- [crisis in] : The current crisis in the farming industry
- [in crisis] : We admit that the nursing profession is in crisis.
- He’s the kind of person who copes well in a crisis.
- [a mid-life crisis] : Perhaps your father is having some sort of mid-life crisis.
Synonyms
disaster, catastrophe, emergency, calamity, predicament, big trouble, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, critical situation, crossroad, crunch, crux, culmination, deadlock, defining moment, dilemma, dire straits, embarrassment, entanglement, exigency, extremity, head, height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, point of no return, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency, watershed
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