But back home, there is a serious economic crisis playing out that could have long-term repercussions. Historians may look back and see this as a tipping point.

这场危机可能会产生深远的影响，将来历史学家回过头来看时，或许会将它视为一个重要的转折点。

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Interest rates are low, and national assets are still a multiple of debt, arguing against a near-term tipping point.

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Conversely, for example, you might read a sentence like this: 'Malcolm Gladwell's book, 'The Tipping Point, ' introduced a term that is now in wide currency.

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Both were underestimated, with their detractors believing wrongly that public rejection of them had reached a tipping point and they could not win a second term.

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