floodgate
floodgate 英 [ˈflʌdgeɪt] 美 [ˈflʌdˌɡet]
n. 水闸；水门；防潮水闸；制约（怒气）
名词复数:floodgates
- The gates used to control the flow of water over a levee or in a reservoir is called a floodgate. Some floodgates protect areas that are vulnerable to hurricanes or typhoons.
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- n. 水闸；水门；防潮水闸；制约（怒气）
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1. The stimulus opened a credit floodgate that so far has proven impossible to turn off.
这轮刺激政策开启了信贷洪流的闸门，事实证明到目前为止还无法关闭。
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2. The government has just begun a multi-billion euro floodgate project aimed at stopping rising sea levels destroying the town.
当地政府已拨款数十亿欧元用于投资防潮水闸工程，目的是要停止海平面上涨对水城的破坏。
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3. The large volumes of waste could jam a key floodgate on the world's biggest dam, the government-owned China Daily newspaper reported Monday, citing an official with China Three Gorges Corp.
政府所有的《中国日报》周一援引中国三峡集团一名官员的话报导说，大量废弃物可能阻塞三峡的一处重要水闸。 三峡是世界是最大的大坝。
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