confluence
英 ['k?nfl??ns]
美['kɑnflu?ns]
- n. （河流的）匯合、匯流點；（人或物的）聚集
IELTSTOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?confluences;
中文詞源
confluence 匯合處
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-flu, 流，見flu, fluent.
英文詞源
- confluence (n.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
雙語例句
- 1. a confluence of social factors
- 多種社會因素的匯集
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
- 內(nèi)拉河和韋利諾河的匯合處是落差達(dá)160米的瀑布，景象十分壯觀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
- 如同大多數(shù)極端天氣狀況一樣，其劇烈程度是由于幾種氣象條件反常地匯集在一起造成的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
- 他們建造了城市的匯合兩條河流.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Confluence: a flowing together of two or more streams.
- 匯集: 兩條或多條溪流的聚合在一起.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)