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

• 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。
• 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。
• Some Fed officials considered Chile and India as possible recipients, but were reluctant to open the 'floodgates' to requests from other countries.
  一些美联储官员也曾考虑把智利和印度作为提供美元互换协议的潜在对象，但却不愿打开向其他国家提供美元的闸门。
• These conversation topics will open up her emotional floodgates.
  这样的话题能够打开她情绪的闸门。
• Her team's experiments, which will be outlined in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, found giving in to our bodily needs opens the floodgates to wanting more fulfilments.
  她的研究团队通过实验发现，对生理需求的屈从会促使人们去寻求更多满足。这项研究将发表在心理科学协会的月刊《心理科学》上。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。