threshold
['θreʃhəuld]
n.门槛, 开端, 界限, 入口
例句与用法：
The tax threshold for a single pensioner is 450 dollars.
单身养老金领取者的征税起点是450美元。
The cabin has a flat stone for a threshold.
这间小屋用一条扁平的石头做门槛。
The treaty will be the threshold of lasting peace.
这个条约将成为持久和平的开端。
词形变化：
动词过去式: threshed | 动词过去分词: threshed | 动词现在分词: threshing | 动词第三人称单数: threshes |
详细释义：
n.
1. 门槛[C]
He had never crossed the threshold of a bar before.
他过去从未进过酒吧的门。
2. 出发点, 开端, 起点[S]
Scientists are on the threshold of a breakthrough in their treatment of that disease.
科学家在治疗那种疾病方面很快就要取得突破。
3. (税的)起征点[S]
The tax threshold for a pensioner is $6, 000.
领退休金的人的纳税起点是六千美元。
4. 【生】【心】阈[C]
5. (工资、价格的)起增点
短语词组：
on the threshold of
1. 在……的开端
Scientists are now on the threshold of a better understanding of how the human brain works.
科学家们现在对人脑的功能开始有更进一步的了解。