crucial

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. 至关重要的
He had administrators under him but made the crucial decisions himself. 尽管他手下有许多官员，但重要的决定还是他自己做。
2. cruciallyADV 至关重要地
Chewing properly is crucially important. 正确地咀嚼是至关重要的。

Price will be a crucial factor in the success of this new product .
The motif of betrayal and loss is crucial in all these stories .
The turning point in her political career came when she was chosen to fight a crucial by-election .
During the trial , the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence .
The Panama Canal provides a crucial shipping link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.