cross-roads

n.

a community of people smaller than a village

同义词：hamletcrossroads

a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

同义词：juncturecritical pointcrossroads

a point where a choice must be made

同义词：crossroads

CROSS-ROADS
DNA-PK: at the cross-roads of biochemistry and genetics
Cross-roads in the classification of papillomaviruses.
Protein folding revisited. A polypeptide chain at the folding-misfolding-nonfolding cross-roads: which way to go?
Cyclin-dependent kinase 7: at the cross-roads of transcription, DNA repair and cell cycle control?
The hypothalamus: Cross-roads of endocrine and behavioural regulation in grooming and aggression.
Euro-area Banking at the Cross-roads
Shape at the cross-roads: homoplasy and history in the evolution of the carnivoran skull towards herbivory
Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants.
Language attrition at the cross-roads of brain, mind, and society