floodgates

英 [ˈflʌdgeɪts]

美 [ˈflʌdˌgeɪts]

网络  水闸; 闸门; 防洪闸; 水闸理论; 诉讼闸门

双语例句

• Thousands of people in the American state of Louisiana are being evacuated after floodgates were opened on Saturday to relieve pressure from the swollen Mississippi River.
  防洪闸门在周六被开启，缓解了暴涨的密西西比河的压力，随后路易斯安那州数千人被疏散。
• You want an industry to have the chance to find its own voice before you open the floodgates, he said.
  你会想让这个产业在打开闸门前，有机会找到自己的声音，李威达。
• Some Fed officials considered Chile and India as possible recipients, but were reluctant to open the 'floodgates' to requests from other countries.
  一些美联储官员也曾考虑把智利和印度作为提供美元互换协议的潜在对象，但却不愿打开向其他国家提供美元的闸门。
• Last Tuesday Janine Huard, now79, became the first still sane survivor to be offered compensation, and legal experts believe her secret settlement will open the floodgates for other victims.
  上周二，现今79岁的杰妮？华尔德成为第一个依然神智清醒并且获得了赔偿的幸存者。法律专家认为，这一秘密赔偿将会为其他受害者索赔打开水闸门。
• Political changes in eastern Europe opened the floodgates to thousands of people who wished to emigrate.
  东欧的政治剧变打开了移民的泄洪闸，成千上万的人急于移民他国。
• Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates?
  难道它不会成为先例吗？难道它不会引发更多类似的问题吗？
• Napster shut down in2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.
  2001年，（旧版）Napster网站关闭，开启了文件共享之源。
• These conversation topics will open up her emotional floodgates.
  这样的话题能够打开她情绪的闸门。
• Let's not get carried away that the floodgates are about to open, said Fraser Howie, an expert on China's capital markets.
  让我们不要忘乎所以，认为防洪闸将开启，中国资本市场专家侯伟（FraserHowie）表示。
• A public conflict with the female vice president opened the floodgates for others who were upset with me.
  与女学生会主席的公开冲突打开了其他人不满的闸门。