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。
• On Application of Water Quality Storage Tank in Diffluence and Confluence of Drainage System
  水质调蓄池在分流、合流制排水系统中的应用
• 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。
• A confluence between the internal jugular ein and the brachiocephalic ein facilitates cannulation at this location.
  颈内静脉和无名静脉在此的汇合有利于插管。
• The reasons for this confluence of activity are complex, but one factor is a consideration everywhere& space.
  大家一致行动的原因是复杂多样的，但其中的一个因素是普遍考虑的空间问题。
• It wasn't long before we were facing the most dangerous part of the river, the confluence.
  很快，我们来到河上最危险的一段&汇流处，这是两条河交汇的地方。
• A confluence of social, economic, and intellectual change.
  社会、经济和思想变革的汇集点。
• The capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile.
  苏丹首都，位于青尼罗河与白尼罗河交汇处。
• And also the active rules lead to the problems of termination and confluence.
  分布式主动数据库中的主动规则还带来了终止性、合流性的问题。
• 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。