watershed

watershed

英[ˈwɔ:təʃed]美[ˈwɔtərʃed]

n.分水岭，集水区，转折点，流域；

复数：watersheds;

例句

Our marriage was at a watershed.我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头。

The alternative livelihoods strategy well addresses the dual objectives of watershed management.由此可见,替代生计体现着流域管理目标的双重性.

The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.这次会议有可能成为具有转折性的事件。

The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。

Such watershed infarctions can occur with relative or absolute hypoperfusion of the brain.相对或绝对的脑低灌注都可能造成这种梗死.

For leaders in the field like Carr, this year marks a critical watershed.对像卡尔这样的这个领域的领头人来说, 今年是具有重大意义的一年.

The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event...这次会议有可能成为具有转折性的事件。

The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.这则广告只能在晚上9点成人节目开始后才能播出。

Bad language before the watershed is widely resented...在成人节目时间之前出现的脏话深为众人憎恶。

Tonight could prove to be a watershed for the international career of Barnes.今晚将可能成为巴恩斯国际职业生涯的转折点。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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转折点;分水岭

If something such as an event is a watershed in the history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning of a new stage in it.

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(成人电视节目播出前的)分水岭时间

The watershed is a time before which television broadcasters have agreed not to show programmes unsuitable for children, for example programmes that contain scenes of sex or violence.

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分水线；分水岭

A watershed is an area of high ground which divides two or more river systems, so that all streams on one side flow into one river and those on the other side flow into a different river.

英汉词典释义

n.

分水岭; 分水线

转折点

流域

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

2. an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend;

行业词典

医学： 分水界，分水岭：使引流导向两侧之嵴；

铁道： 分水岭；又称 :分水岭(dividing ridge)；