When people ask God to give them a sign, they're often at a standstill, a fork in the road, paralyzed in a critical moment of existential ambivalence.

当人们请求上帝给与指引的时候，他们通常处于一个停顿状态，一个分岔路口，被困在存在矛盾心理的一个关键时刻。

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Carson was headed down a path of self-distraction until a critical moment in his youth.

如果卡森不是抓住了青年时期时的一个关键时刻，他很可能走上了一条自我毁灭的道路。

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Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.

如果不是抓住了青年时期的一个关键时刻，卡森很可能走上一条自我毁灭的道路。

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Secretary Clinton says Afghanistan is at a critical moment in its history on the eve of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai's second term.

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That's a critical moment in any scale, determining how we're going to feel about it.

这在任何音阶中都很重要,决定着我们对音阶有何感受

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Speaking to the Independent newspaper, Richard Reeves - who stood down as the Lib Dems' director of strategy on Thursday to work in America - said Tuesday's vote was a "critical moment" for Lords reform and "a once-in-a-generation chance" to secure it.

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"Today marks a critical moment in our six-point plan for ending the violence in Syria, " said U.N.

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It is embarrassing for the game and, from England's perspective, it was a critical moment in the course of this Test match.

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