柯林斯詞典critical period 1. N a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards 關(guān)鍵時(shí)期; 生命中會(huì)産生特定發(fā)展堦段的一個(gè)時(shí)間段，如果該堦段沒有出現(xiàn)，以後可能也不會(huì)出現(xiàn)[psychol] 返回 critical period