confluence

英 [ˈkɒnfluəns]

美 [ˈkɑːnfluəns]

n.  (河流的)汇合处，汇流处，交汇处; (事物的)汇合，汇聚，汇集

复数：confluences　

TOEFL医学

BNC.22175 / COCA.13507

牛津词典

noun

• （河流的）汇合处，汇流处，交汇处
  the place where two rivers flow together and become one
• （事物的）汇合，汇聚，汇集
  the fact of two or more things becoming one
  1. a confluence of social factors
     多种社会因素的汇集

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (河流的)汇合处，交汇处
  Theconfluence oftwo rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river.
  1. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
     内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
• N-COUNT 汇集;汇合
  If there is aconfluence oftwo things, they join, combine, or come together.
  1. Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
     如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。
  2. ...the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil.
     非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合

英英释义

noun

• a coming together of people
  Synonym:concourse
• a flowing together
  Synonym:confluxmerging
• a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
  1. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
  Synonym:meeting

双语例句

• The city of Koblenz was established at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel.
  科布伦茨城建立在莱茵河和摩泽尔河的汇合处。
• On Application of Water Quality Storage Tank in Diffluence and Confluence of Drainage System
  水质调蓄池在分流、合流制排水系统中的应用
• A city of western Siberian U.S.S.R.at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers.
  鄂木斯克独联体苏联西伯利亚西部的一个城市，在鄂木河和额尔济斯河的交汇处。
• Image confluence can provide the picture of remote sensing confluence of high quality for Photogrammetry and remote sensing.
  图像融合可为摄影测量和遥感提供高质量的遥感融合图像。
• The bleak outlook stems from a confluence of factors.
  暗淡的前景是一系列因素合力所致。
• It wasn't long before we were facing the most dangerous part of the river, the confluence.
  很快，我们来到河上最危险的一段&汇流处，这是两条河交汇的地方。
• What you said about the confluence of the cosmos triggered a thought.
  你所说的宇宙的汇合引发了一种理论。
• The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
  内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
• The parameters affecting the river-blocking due to debris flow at the confluence are studied experimentally in laboratory.
  对影响泥石流堵江的各因素进行了试验研究。
• They entered the confluence at the same time, creating congestion and several collisions between our rafts.
  与我们同时，他们也来到汇流处，造成河道拥堵，两边的木筏还发生了好几次碰撞。