Once I looked up "tipping" in a dictionary.
有一次我在字典里查了“tipping”这个词。
They are about to pass their tipping point.
他们马上就要超过临界点了。
Most of you probably think that you hate tipping, too.
你们大多数人可能也都讨厌给小费。
More pertinent right now is whether or not the craze has reached a tipping point.
现在更重要的是，这股狂热是否已经达到临界点。
You actually love tipping! You like to feel that you have a voice in how much money your server makes.
实际上，你很喜欢给小费！你喜欢自己对服务员的收入有发言权的感觉。
Under "trashrecycling collectors" in the institute's Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: "$10 to $30 each."
在该机构的假日小费指南“垃圾回收者”中，它写道：“每个10至30美元。”
Tipping is a kind of comprehensive social phenomenon, which is related to social custom and economic significance.
小费是一种综合性的社会现象，它与社会习俗和经济意义有关。
Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket.
一路走来，节日小费从对一年的服务表示感谢的选择变成了黑社会性质的勒索保护费。
Mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.
大多数情况下，我讨厌给小费，因为我相信，员工薪酬完全由雇主来决定，像其他所有行业的惯例一样，这样感觉更好。
The bus stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my seat.
公共汽车突然刹车，差点儿把我从座位上甩出去。
There is no service charge and tipping is at your discretion.
不收服务费，给不给小费由你自行决定。
Why is there a strong custom of tipping?
为什么小费的习俗如此盛行呢？
My dad forgot that here is China, and tipping is not common.
我爸爸忘了这里是中国，而在这里给小费并不常见。
It looks like it—after all, 2012 was the tipping point when more than half of Americans began owning smartphones.
看起来是这样的——毕竟，2012年是一个转折点，超过一半的美国人开始拥有智能手机。
Advanced batteries are moving out of specialized markets and creeping into the mainstream, signaling a tipping point for forward-looking technologies such as electric cars and rooftop solar propels.
先进的电池正逐步退出专业化市场，逐渐进入主流市场，这标志着电动车和屋顶太阳能推进器等前瞻性技术迎来了一个转折点。
But where is that tipping point?
但哪里是临界点？
到底是什么样的临界点？
Tipping well is a chance to show off.
多掏小费是炫耀、表现自己的机会。
最大的变化是付小费。
这就是转折点。
Tipping is not expected in restaurants.
饭馆里不用给小费。
Big business has reached a tipping point.
大企业处在一个临界点上。
The climate is nearing tipping points.
气候正在面临一个拐点。
Right now we are nearing that tipping point.
现在，我们即将接近这一临界点。
Nature has a track record on tipping points.
大自然有个临界点的历史记录。
Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping.
请在橱底楔入楔子以防它倾斜。
Three potential tipping points were identified.
三个潜在的引爆点已经明确。
Three potential tipping points were identified.
三个潜在的引爆点已经明确。
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