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

• A man sells religious umbrellas at the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges Rivers in Allahabad, India.
  印度阿拉哈巴德一名男子在亚穆纳河与恒河交会处贩售宗教用的伞。
• The result shows that the flow pattern at the confluence is mainly affected by that at Daduhe River.
  结果表明：楠桠河与大渡河交汇口处的流态主要受大渡河流态的影响。
• Yet talk of a confluence of Chinese and Russian interests is overdone.
  然而，有关中国与俄罗斯利益汇合的说法，也有些言过其实。
• And also the active rules lead to the problems of termination and confluence.
  分布式主动数据库中的主动规则还带来了终止性、合流性的问题。
• 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。
• The bleak outlook stems from a confluence of factors.
  暗淡的前景是一系列因素合力所致。
• A confluence of social, economic, and intellectual change.
  社会、经济和思想变革的汇集点。
• 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。
• 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 semi freedom short circuit is superposed by parallel plane flow, confluence and ringy turbulence jet.
  半自由状态下的短路流场是平行平面流、环形紊流射流及汇流叠加而成。