The electrode is not touching a point critical to language.

电极没有触碰到决定语言的那一点。

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The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign.

该事件发生在运动的关键时刻。

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As snow accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the slightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below.

当雪在陡峭的斜坡上堆积时，它会达到一个临界点，在这个临界点上，最轻微的震动就会使它滑进下面的山谷。

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"It'll be a critical summit, from the point of keeping the EU together,keeping consensus that the EU should maintain leadership on this issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

A critical point was a book written by Louis Brandeis, that's the guy that Brandeis University is named after.

这就不得不提路易斯·布兰代斯的一部著作,布兰代斯大学正是以他命名的

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One analyst who has been critical of U.S.policy toward Afghanistan agrees, at least up to a point.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Chinese-language media across the political spectrum point out that China is at a turning point and critical stage of reforms amid unprecedented challenges.

BBC: China media: New era in Beijing

"My oligarch" has sworn to be quiet and be loyal - and to share out some of his gains - the latter point being critical.

BBC: NEWS | Have Your Say | Is a new autocratic Russia emerging?

At some point in the future we will reach a point of critical mass where we will have to begin to think about a sunset date for the old standards.

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