Question of the Day #882

‘We Have Not Passed the Point of No Return’, Disarmament Committee Told, Weighing Chance Outer Space Could Become Next Battlefield

From the headline of this article at UN.org.

  上記の文で、point of no returnの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "point of no return" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔航空機などの〕帰還［復帰］不能［限界］点◆【略】PNR
2. 〔行動の過程の〕引き返せない［後戻りできない］段階［局面］◆【略】PNR

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. the point in the flight of an aircraft beyond which the remaining fuel will be insufficient for a return to the starting point with the result that the craft must proceed
2. a critical point at which turning back or reversal is not possible

   

Examples

• Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.
• Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return.
• The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid.
• This is the point of no return. If we sign this agreement, we are committed for the long haul.
• The climbers had reached the point of no return. At this stage, they either had to reach their destination, or die trying.

   

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