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

• 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。
• A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits
  不利于烟草公司的裁决可能引发更多的官司。
• This is the key to unlock the floodgates.
  这是打开感情洪水坝的钥匙。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We start now, it'll open the floodgates.
  我们一旦开了这个先例。
• 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。
• North Korea opened floodgates Sunday morning on a hydropower dam on its side of the North-South border.
  北韩星期天上午打开南北韩分界线北韩一侧一座水电站大坝的闸门。
• 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。