watershed

英['wɔːtəʃed] 美['wɔːtərʃed]

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n. (名词)

n. (名词)

[C] 分水岭；分水线 the high land separating two river systems
[C] 转折点 the point of an important change from one state of affairs to another

Noun:

a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;
"flood control in the Missouri basin"
an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend;
"the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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。

用作名词 (n.)

Zhifanggou Watershed of Ansai is taken as a case study in this paper.
文章试以安塞纸坊沟流域为例，通过航片解译分析流域土地利用现状。
The Great Dividing Range is Australia's main watershed.
大分水岭是澳大利亚的主要分水岭。
The mountain is the watershed of the two rivers of the Yangtze and Qiantang.
黄山是长江和钱塘江两大水系的分水岭。
Leaving her first job was a watershed in her life.
辞去她的第一份工作是她生活中的一个转折点。
Her visit to India proves to be a watershed in her life.
她的印度之行成了她一生的转折点。

用作名词 (n.)

The pindus mountains form the watershed between rivers flowing to the Aegean Sea and to the Ionian Sea.
品都斯山脉构成了流向爱琴海和爱奥尼亚海的河流的分水岭。
Our marriage was at a watershed.
我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头。

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