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

• 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。
• The discussion sessions allow people to open the floodgates to their deepest fears.
  这些讨论会使人们尽情倾诉心中的恐惧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This opened the floodgates of revolution.
  这就打开了革命的闸门。
• 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。
• They are used for connecting the sluice of the Three-gorge Dam and the gantry or disconnecting them. Political changes in eastern Europe opened the floodgates to thousands of people who wished to emigrate.
  该液压系统为三峡大坝泄洪闸实现与门机联接或脱开的系统。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。
• Alternatively, central banks might prioritise financial stability over price stability and keep the monetary floodgates open for as long as possible.
  或者，央行可能将金融稳定的任务置于价格稳定之上，从而尽可能长时间地维持货币闸门的开放。
• 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？