confluence 英 [ˈkɒnfluəns]   美 [ˈkɑnfluəns]

confluence

confluence  英 [ˈkɒnfluəns] 美 [ˈkɑnfluəns]

n. (河流的)汇合、汇流点;(人或物的)聚集 

名词复数:confluences 

So today is not only a pivot, but a confluence of pivots. 所以今天不仅是一个支点,还是一个支点的汇合。
It emerges from a confluence of factors, some very subtle. 它浮现于多因子的合流,非常微妙的。

  • Confluence means a flowing together. In a literal sense, it's about rivers. But it's more often used to talk about the coming together of factors or ideas, or of cultures in a diverse city.
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  • n. (河流的)汇合、汇流点;(人或物的)聚集
  • 1. So today is not only a pivot, but a confluence of pivots.

    所以今天不仅是一个支点,还是一个支点的汇合。

  • 2. It emerges from a confluence of factors, some very subtle.

    它浮现于多因子的合流,非常微妙的。

  • 3. This confluence of concerns was a natural product of the fact that the speakers were drawn from those working at the vanguard of XML tools and techniques.

    这些问题汇合在一起,自然而然地把发言者和那些从事前卫的 XML 工具和技术研究的人分离了出来。

  • confluence (n.) early 15c., "a flowing together, especially of two or more streams," from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
con·flu·ence / ˈkɒnfluəns ; NAmE ˈkɑːnfluəns / noun [usually singular ] 1 ( technical 术语 ) the place where two rivers flow together and become one (河流的)汇合处,汇流处,交汇处 2 ( formal) the fact of two or more things becoming one (事物的)汇合,汇聚,汇集 a confluence of social factors 多种社会因素的汇集 confluence confluences con·flu·ence / ˈkɒnfluəns ; NAmE ˈkɑːnfluəns /
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