watershed

US [ˈwɔtərˌʃed]
UK [ˈwɔːtə(r)ˌʃed]
  • n.分水岭；转折点；分水线；分水界
  • Web流域；集水区；水域分割类
Plural Form：watersheds  

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Watershed
n.
1.
[c]
~ (in sth)
转折点，分界线，分水岭（标志着重大变化的事件或时期）an event or a period of time that marks an important change
The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
19 世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。
2.
[c]
分水线；分水岭；分水界a line of high land where streams on one side flow into one river, and streams on the other side flow into a different river
3.
[sing]
（英国）儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的起始时间(in Britain) the time before which programmes that are not considered suitable for children may not be shown on television
the 9 o'clock watershed
可开播儿童不宜电视节目的晚上 9 点钟时限

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Definition:
AllAll,分水岭分水岭,转折点转折点,分水线分水线,分水界分水界,流域流域,集水区集水区,水域分割类水域分割类
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1.
The total land area that contributes surface runoff to a river or lake is called a watershed, fiver basin, or catchment area.
为某一江河或湖泊提供地表径流的整个陆地面积称作流域、河流盆地或汇水面积。
wèi mǒu yī jiāng hé huò hú pō tí gōng dì biǎo jìng liú de zhěng gè lù dì miàn jī chēng zuò liú yù 、 hé liú pén dì huò huì shuǐ miàn jī 。
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2.
Was that something of a watershed for Spanish football?
可以认为那是西班牙足球的转折点吗？
kě yǐ rèn wéi nà shì xī bān yá zú qiú de zhuǎn zhé diǎn ma ?
article.yeeyan.org
3.
He said the day was a "watershed mark" , though enthusiasm had been "dampened" by the floods.
他说这一天是一个“分水岭”（流域标志），虽然人们的激情已被洪水“打湿”。）
tā shuō zhè yī tiān shì yī gè " fēn shuǐ lǐng " ( liú yù biāo zhì ) , suī rán rén men de jī qíng yǐ bèi hóng shuǐ " dǎ shī " 。 )
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4.
As I said, this high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases must be a watershed event.
正如我所言，本次非传染性疾病问题高级别会议必须成为一个分水岭。
zhèng rú wǒ suǒ yán , běn cì fēi chuán rǎn xìng jí bìng wèn tí gāo jí bié huì yì bì xū chéng wéi yī gè fēn shuǐ lǐng 。
www.who.int
5.
One of the deputies most critical of the project, Nguyen Minh Thuyet, said the vote was a watershed for the legislature.
对该项目批评得最严厉的议员之一NguyenMinhThuyet表示，此次表决是该立法机构的转折点。
duì gāi xiàng mù pī píng de zuì yán lì de yì yuán zhī yī NguyenMinhThuyet biǎo shì , cǐ cì biǎo jué shì gāi lì fǎ jī gòu de zhuǎn zhé diǎn 。
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6.
But that gap is beginning to close, and 2011 appears to be something of a watershed year.
不过，这个差距正在缩小，2011年在某种意义上是迎来转折的一年。
bú guò , zhè ge chā jù zhèng zài suō xiǎo , èr líng yī yī nián zài mǒu zhǒng yì yì shàng shì yíng lái zhuǎn zhé de yī nián 。
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7.
Going blind was the watershed of my life. My focus shifted from outrunning others before turning 29 to transcending my own limits after it.
失明成为我人生的一个分水岭。29岁之前，我是努力超越别人，29岁之后，我是在超越自我。
shī míng chéng wéi wǒ rén shēng de yī gè fēn shuǐ lǐng 。 èr shí jiǔ suì zhī qián , wǒ shì nǔ lì chāo yuè bié rén , èr shí jiǔ suì zhī hòu , wǒ shì zài chāo yuè zì wǒ 。
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8.
The results show that this method can effectively restrain the over-segmentation of traditional watershed algorithm.
实验结果表明，该方法和传统分水岭算法相比较，能有效地抑制过分割。
shí yàn jié guǒ biǎo míng , gāi fāng fǎ hé chuán tǒng fēn shuǐ lǐng suàn fǎ xiāng bǐ jiào , néng yǒu xiào de yì zhì guò fēn gē 。
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9.
Modern is at the turn of the century, also be Chinese furniture development and eliminate backward watershed.
现代正处于世纪之交，也是中国家具生存发展与淘汰落后的分水岭。
xiàn dài zhèng chǔ yú shì jì zhī jiāo , yě shì zhōng guó jiā jù shēng cún fā zhǎn yǔ táo tài luò hòu de fēn shuǐ lǐng 。
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10.
The veto was unexpected and was being seen as a watershed in Britain's fractious relationship with the rest of Europe.
卡梅伦的否决出人意料，被视为英国与欧洲其它国家之间不稳定的关系的转折点。
kǎ méi lún de fǒu jué chū rén yì liào , bèi shì wéi yīng guó yǔ ōu zhōu qí tā guó jiā zhī jiān bù wěn dìng de guān xì de zhuǎn zhé diǎn 。
article.yeeyan.org
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