To cross the Rubicon means to make a decision of permanence.

“to cross the Rubicon”意味着做出一个永久的决定。

That is not the case with today's expression – to cross the Rubicon.

今天的表达方式并非如此：to cross the Rubicon（破釜沉舟；下重大决心；采取断然行动）。

If I cross the Rubicon, I have made a fateful and final decision.

如果我“cross the Rubicon”，表明我做一个决定命运的最后决定。

So, save cross the Rubicon for a heavy, meaningful decision or action.

所以，当你做出重大的、有意义的决定或行动时，再用“cross the Rubicon”这个表达吧。

Team Rubicon, a disaster response organization, is among the nonprofits mobilizing their volunteers.

鲁比康团队是一个灾难响应组织，是动员志者的非营利组织之一。

Team Rubicon has helped settle more than 110 Afghan families in Colorado.

比孔队已经帮助110多个阿富汗家庭在科罗拉多州定居下来。

She crossed the Rubicon when she decided to move without telling him first.

当她没有事先告诉他就决定搬家时，她下重大的决心。

Someone who has crossed the Rubicon has reached a point where they cannot change a course of action.

有些人已经“crossed the Rubicon”，这表示他们已经到无法改变行动方向的地步。

We have crossed the Rubicon, he cried as he reached the farther shore. There is now no turning back.

“我们穿比肯河，”当他到达岸边时喊道。“现在没有回头的机会。”

Rubicon is the name of the river he crossed with his army.

比孔河是他和他的军队渡的那条河的名字。

The river was called the Rubicon.

这条河被称为比孔河。

For the last 10 years, Jake's nonprofit Team Rubicon has deployed veterans in response to more than 500 natural and humanitarian disasters.

在去的10年里，杰克的非营利性组织鲁比康团队的退伍军人已有应对500多次自然和人道主义灾难的经验。

In fact, the expression to cross the Rubicon, in English, means something very similar.

事实上，英语中to cross the Rubicon 的意思非常相似。

Margery showed some hesitation before crossing the stile: it was a Rubicon in more ways than one.

玛格丽在穿阶梯之前表现出一些犹豫：它在多个方面都是比孔河。

On February 26th that Rubicon was crossed, when sanctions were imposed on the world's 11th-biggest economy.

2 月 26 日，布当时世界第 11 大经济体同意通接受到制裁。

When our enemies draw a line in the sand and we pass over that line, we could also say we have crossed the Rubicon.

当我们的敌人在沙子上划出一条线，而我们越这条线时，我们也可以说“we have crossed the Rubicon”（我们已经无法回头）。

Soon the news was carried to Rome: Caesar has crossed the Rubicon. There was great dismay among those who had plotted to destroy him.

不久，消息传到罗马：“Caesar 已经穿比肯河。” 在这些密谋要毁灭他的人中惊起恐慌。

The Rubicon, we know, was a very insignificant stream to look at; its significance lay entirely in certain invisible conditions.

我们知道，比孔河是一条非常微不足道的溪流。 它的意义完全在于某些看不见的条件。

If the long era of low rates really is over, many other financial rubicons could be crossed in the months to come.

如果长期的低利率时代真的结束，许多其他金融难题可能会在未来几个月内被打破。

Yeah. Dimitry said he can forgive a lot but not this. She crossed the Rubicon when she decided to move without telling him first.

是的。迪米特里说，他可以原谅很多事，但不能原谅这件事。当她决定不事先告诉他就搬走时，她就破釜沉舟。