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    Rubicon

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Ru·bi·con /ˈruːbɪkən, -kɒn $ -kɑːn/ noun  cross the Rubicon EFFECT/INFLUENCEto do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change 破釜沉舟；断然采取行动
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    Rubicon• On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.    Origin Rubicon (1600-1700) Latin Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war
    Ru·bi·con nounChineseSyllable
    something will to extremely that have important Corpus do


    Rubicon
    Ru‧bi‧con /ˈruːbɪkən, -kɒn $ -kɑːn/ noun
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war
    cross the Rubicon to do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change


    Ru·bi·conBrE /ˈruːbɪkən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈruːbɪkɑːn/ 🔊the Rubicon noun [singular] the point at which a decision has been taken which can no longer be changed 无法退回的界限；界线◆Today we cross the Rubicon. There is no going back. 今天我们要破釜沉舟，背水一战了。🔊🔊 ORIGIN From the Rubicon, a stream which formed the border between Italy and Gaul. When Julius Caesar broke the law by crossing it with his army in 49BC, it led inevitably to war. 源自意大利和高卢的界河卢比孔河 (Rubicon)。公元前 49 年，凯撒违规带兵越过卢比孔河，从而不可避免地引发了战争。