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词汇 watershed
释义 watershed
noun
uk /ˈwɔː.tə.ʃed/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.ʃed/

watershednoun (BIG CHANGE)


[ S ]
an event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something: (标志重大变化的)转折点,分界线,分水岭
The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and remarried.1969年是她人生的一个转折点——她改了行,也再婚了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Turning points & deciding moments
be at a crossroadsidiom
boiling point
breakthrough
brink
climax
coming of age
crunch
D-Day
defining moment
drop-dead date
edge
flashpoint
if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
landmark
milestone
moment
point of no return
red-letter day
the moment of truthidiom
volte-face

watershednoun (HIGH GROUND)


[ C ] geography specialized
an area of high ground from which water flows down to a river分水岭,分水界
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Watercourses & waterfalls
amazon
arroyo
beck
bourne
brook
canalization
cascade
Congo
crick
flume
gulch
maelstrom
Panama Canal
plunge pool
raceway
rapids
rill
riverbed
waterfall
waterway

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Geography: hills & mountains

watershednoun (TELEVISION)


 the watershed[ S ]UK
in Britain, the time in the evening, usually 9 p.m., when television programmes that are not suitable for children may start to be shown分水岭时间(在英国通常指晚上9点以后电视可以播放儿童不宜节目的时段)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Broadcasting: television
aerial
autotune
best boy
boob tube
breakfast television
broadcast
ghost image
goggle-box
HD
HDTV
high def
linear
receiver
reception
reveal
smart TV
square-eyed
subtitler
telegenic
Teletext

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Days & times of day

watershed | American Dictionary


watershed
noun
us/ˈwɔ·t̬ərˌʃed, ˈwɑt̬·ər-/

watershednoun (BIG CHANGE)


[ U ]
an event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments:
a watershed event/moment
The discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine.

watershednoun (AREA)


[ C ] earth science
a high area of land where rain collects, some of it flowing down to supply rivers, lakes, etc., at lower levels

watershed | Business English


watershed
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈwɔːtəʃed/us
an event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something:
a watershed for sth/sbThe buyout was hailed on Wall Street as a watershed for private equity.
a watershed in sth/sbThe pay agreement was a watershed in the development of the company's labour relations system.
 the watershed
in Britain, the time in the evening, usually 9 pm, after which television programmes that are not suitable for children can be shown:
The script censors say which words can be used before the watershed.

watershed


adjective[ before noun ]
Last year witnessed a watershed change for American business.

Examples of watershed


watershed
Most analyses used data from the t wo watersheds combined.
In addition, we give higher values to those communities located in watersheds which have been classified as over-exploited.
The other two papers define their spatial extent by watersheds that are characterized by a particular set of agricultural practices.
Second, the implementation of onchocerciasis control had altered the geography of physical deprivation by levelling off the disparities of nutritional stress between watersheds and valleys.
Integrated solutions are favoured, including a focus on linking agricultural production with conservation and encouraging the management of watersheds through community involvement.
Here, the speaker defines two watersheds in terms of how the water flows.
Because it protects watersheds for downstream use by agriculture, industry, and homes ?
The study watersheds are completely covered with primary or mature secondary forests.
The differences in species associations between the eastern and western watersheds indicate that they support d ifferent ecological p rocesses.
The best candidates for study are lakes in watersheds that were not densely settled and that lie in level terrain.
The reason for wider seasonal swings in valleys was that the population of able-bodied individuals was less numerous than on watersheds.
Even adjacent watersheds such as these may have greatly diverging values under similar uses.
A site may be made up of multiple communities, watersheds or clusters of smaller units.
The archaeological research design involved mapping and testpitting residential structures on transects established in six watersheds.
However, separate analyses were also made for eastern and western watersheds to check the consistency of patterns.
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Collocations withwatershed


watershed

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entire watershed
The project's main goal was to highlight issues and concerns that affect the entirewatershed.
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upper watershed
In short, there is an effective subsidy on logging in the upperwatershed.
watershed management
However, farm size should be considered if household participation is an important consideration in the implementation of watershedmanagement and development programs or projects.
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