confluence

英 [ˈkɒnfluəns]

美 [ˈkɑːnfluəns]

n.  (河流的)汇合处，汇流处，交汇处; (事物的)汇合，汇聚，汇集

复数：confluences　

TOEFL医学

BNC.22175 / COCA.13507

牛津词典

noun

• （河流的）汇合处，汇流处，交汇处
  the place where two rivers flow together and become one
• （事物的）汇合，汇聚，汇集
  the fact of two or more things becoming one
  1. a confluence of social factors
     多种社会因素的汇集

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (河流的)汇合处，交汇处
  Theconfluence oftwo rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river.
  1. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
     内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
• N-COUNT 汇集;汇合
  If there is aconfluence oftwo things, they join, combine, or come together.
  1. Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
     如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。
  2. ...the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil.
     非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合

英英释义

noun

• a coming together of people
  Synonym:concourse
• a flowing together
  Synonym:confluxmerging
• a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
  1. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
  Synonym:meeting

双语例句

• Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
  如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。
• These are points in the network where major streams end or confluence with another stream.
  这些点是网络中的主要河流的结束点或者是和其他河流的交汇点。
• A confluence of artistry, superb choreography, and stage design.
  艺术技巧，优美的舞蹈和舞台设计的融合。
• A city of western Siberian U.S.S.R.at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers.
  鄂木斯克独联体苏联西伯利亚西部的一个城市，在鄂木河和额尔济斯河的交汇处。
• The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
  内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
• Hong Kong is at the confluence of global trends that gained new life in mid-August.
  香港正处于8月中旬获得新生的全球各大趋势的交汇点。
• What you said about the confluence of the cosmos triggered a thought.
  你所说的宇宙的汇合引发了一种理论。
• This unhappy confluence of upward pressures on inflation may well push the rate up to4% by the spring.
  这些让人很不愉快的因素结合在一起，增加了通货膨胀的压力，也许会进一步推动通货膨胀上升4%。
• The semi freedom short circuit is superposed by parallel plane flow, confluence and ringy turbulence jet.
  半自由状态下的短路流场是平行平面流、环形紊流射流及汇流叠加而成。
• The bleak outlook stems from a confluence of factors.
  暗淡的前景是一系列因素合力所致。