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

• Last Tuesday Janine Huard, now79, became the first still sane survivor to be offered compensation, and legal experts believe her secret settlement will open the floodgates for other victims.
  上周二，现今79岁的杰妮？华尔德成为第一个依然神智清醒并且获得了赔偿的幸存者。法律专家认为，这一秘密赔偿将会为其他受害者索赔打开水闸门。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We start now, it'll open the floodgates.
  我们一旦开了这个先例。
• A government spokesman threatened to retaliate by opening the floodgates.
  一位政府发言人威胁要打开闸门以进行报复。
• But Blackstone investors should not expect the strategic stake to open the floodgates.
  然而，黑石投资者不应指望此次战略入股会打开中国交易的闸门。
• Opening the floodgates to foreign investment, even from China, could trigger destabilising social change.
  向外资敞开大门，即便仅向中资敞开，也可能引发有损稳定的社会转变。
• But with the economic downturn last year, the government told banks to open the credit floodgates.
  但随着去年经济陷入低迷，政府鼓励银行放开了信贷闸门。