spate

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  • n.一连串
  • Web大量；洪水；泛滥
Plural Form：spates  

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spate
n.
1.
[ususing]
~ of sth
一连串，接二连三（通常指不愉快的事物）a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time
The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。
IDM
After heavy rain, the river was in spate.
大雨过后，河水暴涨。
Celia was in full spate(= completely involved in talking and not likely to stop or able to be interrupted) .
西莉亚口若悬河，滔滔不绝。
in (full) spate
暴涨；发洪水containing more water and flowing more strongly than usual
After heavy rain, the river was in spate.
大雨过后，河水暴涨。
Celia was in full spate(= completely involved in talking and not likely to stop or able to be interrupted) .
西莉亚口若悬河，滔滔不绝。

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But Hollywood executives fear the glut created by the recent spate of overproduction is going to be felt for at least a couple more years.
不过，好莱坞高层人士担心，最近几年电影多产带来的供应过剩问题在未来几年内还将继续存在。
bú guò , hǎo lái wù gāo céng rén shì dān xīn , zuì jìn jǐ nián diàn yǐng duō chǎn dài lái de gōng yìng guò shèng wèn tí zài wèi lái jǐ nián nèi hái jiāng jì xù cún zài 。
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2.
U. S. officials are trying to speed up assistance in the wake of the spate of flooding and tornado disasters this spring.
今年春天美国发生了一系列洪灾和龙卷风后，政府官员正设法加快援助步伐。
jīn nián chūn tiān měi guó fā shēng le yí xì liè hóng zāi hé lóng juǎn fēng hòu , zhèng fǔ guān yuán zhèng shè fǎ jiā kuài yuán zhù bù fá 。
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3.
They need to know about it, in the same way that there was a spate of Holocaust films to remind people that this must never happen again.
用以前那种揭露纳粹大屠杀的电影是一样，是要用这种方式提醒人们绝不能让类似事件再次发生。
yòng yǐ qián nà zhǒng jiē lù nà cuì dà tú shā de diàn yǐng shì yí yàng , shì yào yòng zhè zhǒng fāng shì tí xǐng rén men jué bù néng ràng lèi sì shì jiàn zài cì fā shēng 。
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The team's recent slippage in the Bundesliga is due to a spate of injuries, which have put some of its best players out of action.
该俱乐部最近在德甲的排名下滑是受伤病所累，许多优秀的球员现在都无法上场比赛。
gāi jù lè bù zuì jìn zài dé jiǎ de pái míng xià huá shì shòu shāng bìng suǒ lèi , xǔ duō yōu xiù de qiú yuán xiàn zài dōu wú fǎ shàng chǎng bǐ sài 。
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None of the U. S. requirements is enough to prevent fraud, as the spate of Chinese scandals demonstrates.
从中国公司接二连三的丑闻来看，美国的这些要求中没有一个足以防止欺诈。
cóng zhōng guó gōng sī jiē èr lián sān de chǒu wén lái kàn , měi guó de zhè xiē yāo qiú zhōng méi yǒu yī gè zú yǐ fáng zhǐ qī zhà 。
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For now, a spate of rough weather in the southern Mediterranean seems to have slowed the rate of new arrivals.
现在，一个在地中海南部恶劣天气一连串似乎减缓了新移民率。
xiàn zài , yī gè zài dì zhōng hǎi nán bù è liè tiān qì yì lián chuàn sì hū jiǎn huǎn le xīn yí mín lǜ 。
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There has been a recent spate of rulings against businesses, restricting their ability to open mines and build factories.
近期政府出台了一批针对企业的新规，限制企业开矿建厂。
jìn qī zhèng fǔ chū tái le yī pī zhēn duì qǐ yè de xīn guī , xiàn zhì qǐ yè kāi kuàng jiàn chǎng 。
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Scientists believe that during the Cretaceous period, a spate of volcanic activity caused plant life to bloom on the surface of the oceans.
科学家认为，在白垩纪，一连串的火山活动导致植物在海平面生长旺盛。
kē xué jiā rèn wéi , zài bái è jì , yì lián chuàn de huǒ shān huó dòng dǎo zhì zhí wù zài hǎi píng miàn shēng zhǎng wàng shèng 。
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His highly image-conscious customers are bound to have been worried by the spate of horror stories about workers at Foxconn.
他那些具有高度品牌意识的顾客们正为那些铺天盖地的关于富士康员工们的可怕故事而忧心忡忡。
tā nà xiē jù yǒu gāo dù pǐn pái yì shí de gù kè men zhèng wèi nà xiē pū tiān gài dì de guān yú fù shì kāng yuán gōng men de kě pà gù shi ér yōu xīn chōng chōng 。
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Share prices tumbled across the globe yesterday amid mounting fears over the financial health of banks and a spate of dividend cuts.
全球股市昨日全线下跌，因投资者对银行财务状况的担忧不断加剧，同时有一批企业减少派息。
quán qiú gǔ shì zuó rì quán xiàn xià diē , yīn tóu zī zhě duì yín háng cái wù zhuàng kuàng de dān yōu bú duàn jiā jù , tóng shí yǒu yī pī qǐ yè jiǎn shǎo pài xī 。
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