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

• 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。
• Opening the floodgates to foreign investment, even from China, could trigger destabilising social change.
  向外资敞开大门，即便仅向中资敞开，也可能引发有损稳定的社会转变。
• 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？
• Almost half the British men opened the floodgates over a sad movie, book or TV program.
  大约有一半的英国男性因为看令人悲伤的电影、书或电视节目而流泪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• This opened the floodgates of revolution.
  这就打开了革命的闸门。
• A government spokesman threatened to retaliate by opening the floodgates.
  一位政府发言人威胁要打开闸门以进行报复。
• 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。