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

• A man sells religious umbrellas at the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges Rivers in Allahabad, India.
  印度阿拉哈巴德一名男子在亚穆纳河与恒河交会处贩售宗教用的伞。
• Pamirs to the west, east Heilongjiang, Wusuli River confluence.
  西起帕米尔高原，东至黑龙江、苏里江汇合处。
• A town of extreme southern Illinois near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
  美国伊利诺斯州最南部的一个城镇，靠近密西西比河与俄亥俄河汇合处。
• Confluence: a flowing together of two or more streams.
  汇集：两条或多条溪流的聚合在一起。
• 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。
• They entered the confluence at the same time, creating congestion and several collisions between our rafts.
  与我们同时，他们也来到汇流处，造成河道拥堵，两边的木筏还发生了好几次碰撞。
• 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%。
• 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。
• Image confluence can provide the picture of remote sensing confluence of high quality for Photogrammetry and remote sensing.
  图像融合可为摄影测量和遥感提供高质量的遥感融合图像。
• 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。