티핑 포인트(tipping point) = 기우는 점

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검조위(tide gauge) 자료를 통해 티핑 포인트 식별


▶ 티핑 포인트(Tipping Point)는 사전적 의미 그대로 '갑자기 기울어지는 점'이라는 뜻으로 어떠한 현상이 서서히 진행되다가 작은 요인으로 한순간 균형이 무너져 폭발하는 것을 말한다.

= 비등점, 발화점, 임계점


영어로 tipping point의 뜻

tipping point
noun [ S or U ]
UK /ˈtɪp.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ US /ˈtɪp.ɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/

the time at which a change or an effect cannot be stopped:

The earth has already passed the tipping point in terms of global warming.



tipping point
noun [ S ]

a time during an activity or process when an important decision has to be made or when a situation changes completely:

a tipping point in sth

Many developed countries are getting close to a tipping point in their attitude to the environment.

be at a tipping point

Employers could find themselves at a tipping point, where so few employees participate in their health-care plans it threatens their ability to obtain group coverage.


reach/approach/near a tipping point

Employee anger over pay violations in the restaurant industry may have reached a tipping point.


영어로 tip의 뜻

tip
verb (ONE SIDE HIGHER)

C2 [ I or T ]

to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side:

The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor.

If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up.

Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall.


tip the scales at

to weigh:
The baby tipped the scales at 3.75 kg.



tip verb (POUR)

 

C2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] UK

(US dump)

to pour a substance from one container into another or onto a surface:

She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table.

He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl.

The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor.

 be tipping (it) down UK informal

 

When it is tipping it down, a lot of rain is falling:

We won't be able to go to the beach today - it's tipping it down.

 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

tip verb (END)

 

[ T usually passive ]

to cover the end of something pointed with a liquid, a colour, etc.:

The giraffe was killed with a spear that had been tipped with poison.

 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

tip verb (PAYMENT)

 

[ I or T ]

to give someone who has provided you with a service an extra amount of money to thank them:

The taxi driver was so rude to her that she didn't tip him.

[ + two objects ] They tipped the waiter £5.

 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

tip verb (INFORMATION)

 

[ T often passive ] mainly UK

to say that someone is likely to be successful or achieve something:

He is being tipped as the next prime minister.

[ + to infinitive ] Davis is being tipped to win the championship.

 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

tip verb (RUBBISH)

 

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] UK

(US dump)

to get rid of rubbish by putting it in a place where it should not be:

A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea.

The sign by the side of the road said "No tipping".

 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

관용구들

tip your hand

tip the balance/scales

tip sb the wink

구동사들

tip sb off

tip (sth/sb) over

tip over into sth

 

tip

noun [ C ]

UK 

 /tɪp/ US 

 /tɪp/

tip noun [C] (INFORMATION)

 

B1

a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition:

gardening/cooking/sewing tips

She gave me a useful/helpful/valuable/practical tip about/for growing tomatoes.

I've got a hot tip for you (= I can tell you about a particular likely winner of a race or competition, or give you a valuable piece of information).

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 SMART Vocabulary: 관련된 단어 및 문구

tip noun [C] (PAYMENT)

 

B1

a small amount of money given to someone who has provided you with a service, in addition to the official payment and for their personal use:

a 15 percent tip

He gave the porter a tip.

We don't need to leave a tip for the waiter, because there's a service charge included in the bill.

동의어

gratuity formal

비교

service noun (DEALING WITH CUSTOMER)

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tip noun [C] (END)

 

C1

the usually pointed end of something, especially something that is long and thin:

We had asparagus tips for dinner.

If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf.

The Keys are coral islands off the southern tip of Florida.

There's paint on the tip of your nose.

 

a small part fitted to the end of something, especially something that is long and thin:

a walking cane with a metal tip

the filter tip of a cigarette