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单词

floodgate

读音
ˈflʌdɡeɪt
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释义

n. 水闸;水门;防潮水闸;制约(怒气) [ 复数 floodgates ]

例句

Build a floodgate on the Yangtze?
在长江上建造一道防洪闸门?
The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water.
为了控制水流,防洪闸门关闭了。
However, to my amazement, this award seemed to open a floodgate of money.
但出乎我意料的是,这个奖项为我打开了一扇喷涌金钱的闸门。

强化记忆

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(Laughter)And what might that floodgate be holding?What is the dike upon which it is built?
it seems to me that you have all the symptoms of kufungisisa."The word "kufungisisa" opens up a floodgate of tears.So, kufungisisa is the local equivalent of depression
And so we hide,and we hide behind what we like to call the floodgate of intimacy.(Laughter)
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医学考博英语真题近十年,经济学人(The Economist)