watersheds

英 [ˈwɔːtəʃɛdz]

美 [ˈwɔtərˌʃɛdz]

n.  转折点，分界线，分水岭(标志着重大变化的事件或时期); 分水线; 分水岭; 分水界; (英国)儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的起始时间
watershed的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 转折点;分水岭
  If something such as an event is awatershed inthe history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning of a new stage in it.
  1. The election of Mary Robinson in 1990 was a watershed in Irish politics...
     1990年玛丽·鲁宾逊的当选是爱尔兰政治上的一个转折点。
  2. Tonight could prove to be a watershed for the international career of Barnes.
     今晚将可能成为巴恩斯国际职业生涯的转折点。
• N-COUNT (成人电视节目播出前的)分水岭时间
  The watershedis a time before which television broadcasters have agreed not to show programmes unsuitable for children, for example programmes that contain scenes of sex or violence.
  1. Bad language before the watershed is widely resented...
     在成人节目时间之前出现的脏话深为众人憎恶。
  2. The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.
     这则广告只能在晚上9点成人节目开始后才能播出。
• 分水线；分水岭
  Awatershedis an area of high ground which divides two or more river systems, so that all streams on one side flow into one river and those on the other side flow into a different river.

双语例句

• Problems: Columbus's steady development has made it tough to keep the city's watersheds clean.
  问题：哥伦布的稳定发展已很难保持城市清洁。
• So today the pipes and reservoirs that gather the water are still in place, but the natural infrastructure of forests and watersheds has been badly degraded.
  所以，如今收集这些水的管道和水库虽然还在，但森林和流域的自然基础设施已经严重退化。
• They are the stewards of local forests and watersheds and are the ones that reap the benefit and costs of [ these] activities.
  他们是本地森林和流域的管理者，享受[这些]活动的收益并承担其代价。
• Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city's watersheds.
  其中63%的药物或副产品是在该城市的分水岭发现。
• Near road near common boundary of public roads, administrative districts, bridges and watersheds, there may well be many restaurants.
  公路相交处，行政区划交界带，大江大河的桥梁两端，地理分水岭等附近路段，往往会有数家馆子出现。
• Phosphorous and nitrogen loss characteristic in runoff on four different soil types in watersheds in Jianshan River, Chengjiang were studied based on runoff observations.
  根据径流小区观测，对澄江尖山河小流域不同土地利用类型地表径流中氮、磷的流失特征进行了研究。
• Effect of Forest on Watersheds Hydrological Process in Middle Loess Plateau
  黄土高原中部森林的流域水文效应研究
• In an opinion by then-Justice Rehnquist, the Supreme Court held that the sole purposes of creating national forests were to preserve timber supply and watersheds.
  据那时仍为大法官的里克斯特的观点，最高法院认为建立国家森林区的唯一目的是保护木材资源和分水线。
• Discussion on Eco-clean Small Watersheds Monitoring in Mentougou County of Beijing City
  北京市门头沟区生态清洁小流域治理效益监测研究
• This will call for repricing inputs and ecosystem services such as watersheds and biodiversity to reflect their true environmental costs and benefits, which would in turn nudge modern farming towards being more labour intensive.
  为此，要重新制定集水区、生物多样性等投入要素和生态系统服务的价格，以反映它们真正的环境成本和收益&这反过来将推动现代农业朝着更加劳动密集型的方向发展。