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。
• 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。
• This opened the floodgates, allowing Web developers ( plus hobbyists, tinkerers, and others) to mash all sorts of data ( everything from nuclear disasters to Boston's CowParade cows) onto maps.
  这仿佛打开了一道大门，让Web开发人员（包括爱好者、修补程序开发人员和其他一些人）可以在地图中包含所有类型的数据（从原子弹灾难到波士顿的CowParade奶牛都可以）。
• 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。
• This is the key to unlock the floodgates.
  这是打开感情洪水坝的钥匙。
• 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。
• More floodgates are to be opened in the coming days for the first time in several decades.
  未来几天，还有更多的防洪闸门将被开启，在几十年来尚属首次。
• 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。
• But Blackstone investors should not expect the strategic stake to open the floodgates.
  然而，黑石投资者不应指望此次战略入股会打开中国交易的闸门。
• An epoch-making recital in 1978 in Beijing by Zhou Guangren opened the floodgates.
  1978年，周广仁在北京举行的一场划时代独奏会，开启了闸门。