白热化

白热化

Literally means:

turn white-hot

Actually means:

When metals are heated to the temperature of 1,500 degrees, it may give out white and hot flame, which is called white heat (incandescence).

This phrase figuratively means the change of something reaches its highest degree, or that a person's emotion or feeling get to the most nervous or intense degree. Now it is often used to refer to the hottest point of a conflict, a competition or a contest.

金属被加热到摄氏1500度以上的高温时，它的火焰炽热而发出白色的光，这种现象叫做白热化。

白热化，比喻事物的变动达到最顶点，或人的情绪、感情发展到最紧张、最激烈的程度。现在多用来指冲突、竞争、比赛进入最激烈的阶段。