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

• Some Fed officials considered Chile and India as possible recipients, but were reluctant to open the 'floodgates' to requests from other countries.
  一些美联储官员也曾考虑把智利和印度作为提供美元互换协议的潜在对象，但却不愿打开向其他国家提供美元的闸门。
• 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。
• Napster shut down in2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.
  2001年，（旧版）Napster网站关闭，开启了文件共享之源。
• 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。
• More floodgates are to be opened in the coming days for the first time in several decades.
  未来几天，还有更多的防洪闸门将被开启，在几十年来尚属首次。
• Alternatively, central banks might prioritise financial stability over price stability and keep the monetary floodgates open for as long as possible.
  或者，央行可能将金融稳定的任务置于价格稳定之上，从而尽可能长时间地维持货币闸门的开放。
• But starting in late 2008, when the government opened the credit floodgates and ordered banks to lend as much as they could, all the careful risk management work appeared to go out the window.
  但从2008年末开始，政府打开了信贷闸门，下令银行尽可能多地发放贷款，于是，此前所有谨慎的风险控制工作，似乎被抛在脑后。
• North Korea opened floodgates Sunday morning on a hydropower dam on its side of the North-South border.
  北韩星期天上午打开南北韩分界线北韩一侧一座水电站大坝的闸门。
• Almost half the British men opened the floodgates over a sad movie, book or TV program.
  大约有一半的英国男性因为看令人悲伤的电影、书或电视节目而流泪。
• Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates?
  难道它不会成为先例吗？难道它不会引发更多类似的问题吗？