Rubicon

n.

（意大利中部的）卢比肯河；

英英释义

Rubicon[ 'ru:bikɔn; -kən ]

n.

the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war

a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment

同义词：point of no return

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

That alarms many people, who fear that the border being crossed may be an inflationary Rubicon.
这拉响了很多人的警钟，他们担心正在突破通胀界限。

Although Wikipedia has prevented anonymous users from creating new articles for several years now, the new flagging system crosses a psychological Rubicon.
虽然维基百科已不允许匿名用户创建新条目达数年之久，新的标记系统仍然超越心理界限。

权威例句

Rubicon Genomics, Inc.

Rubicon controls endosome maturation as a Rab7 effector

Stepping Stones over the Refactoring Rubicon

Stepping Stones over the Refactoring Rubicon

Atg14L and Rubicon: Yin and yang of Beclin 1-mediated autophagy control

Rubicon and PLEKHM1 Negatively Regulate the Endocytic/Autophagic Pathway via a Novel Rab7-binding Domain

Crossing the 50 Percent Population Rubicon: Can China Urbanize to Prosperity?

Two Beclin 1-binding proteins, Atg14L and Rubicon, reciprocally regulate autophagy at different stages

Distinct regulation of autophagic activity by Atg14L and Rubicon associated with Beclin 1- phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex

Molecular characterization of LC3-associated phagocytosis reveals distinct roles for Rubicon, NOX2 and autophagy proteins