crisis: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst
▪ the worst economic crisis for fifty years
▪ deepening, growing, mounting, ongoing, unfolding (esp. AmE)
▪ impending, looming, potential
▪ The plan could save the country from a looming energy crisis.
▪ current, present
▪ global, international, national
▪ constitutional, ecological, economic, environmental, financial, fiscal, humanitarian, nuclear, political, social
▪ budget, cash, currency, debt, liquidity
▪ the Third-World debt crisis
▪ energy, health, hostage, housing, immigration, oil, refugee
▪ family, personal
▪ moral, spiritual
▪ identity
▪ midlife
VERB + CRISIS
▪ be faced with, be hit by, experience, face, go through, have (informal), suffer, undergo
▪ With competition from cheap imports, the industry is facing a serious crisis.
▪ He's having a midlife crisis.
▪ cause, create, lead to, precipitate, provoke, spark off, trigger
▪ address, alleviate, deal with, defuse, ease, handle, manage, overcome, resolve, respond to, solve, tackle
▪ Union leaders are taking immediate steps to defuse the crisis.
▪ attempts to ease the town's housing crisis
▪ survive, weather
▪ avert, avoid, prevent
▪ end
▪ aggravate, exacerbate
CRISIS + VERB
▪ arise, erupt, hit, occur
▪ We are just waiting for the next crisis to arise.
▪ deepen, unfold, worsen
▪ loom
▪ be over
▪ As soon as the crisis was over, she relaxed.
CRISIS + NOUN
▪ point
▪ The team's dismal season has reached crisis point.
▪ situation
▪ intervention, management
▪ an expert in crisis management
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the crisis
▪ Three people died during the hostage crisis.
▪ in (a/the) crisis
▪ The government is in crisis.
▪ She's no good in a crisis.
▪ crisis in
▪ the growing crisis in education
▪ crisis over
PHRASES
▪ a crisis of confidence
▪ The company is suffering a severe crisis of confidence.
▪ a crisis of faith
▪ a crisis of conscience
▪ at/in moments of crisis, at/in times of crisis
▪ In times of crisis it's good to have someone you can rely on for advice.