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 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。
• 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。
• 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 result explains, this confluence albumen can the humoral immunity with revulsive airframe stronger generation and cellular immunity.
  结果说明，该融合蛋白能够诱导机体产生较强的体液免疫和细胞免疫。
• 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。
• Yet talk of a confluence of Chinese and Russian interests is overdone.
  然而，有关中国与俄罗斯利益汇合的说法，也有些言过其实。
• The city of Koblenz was established at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel.
  科布伦茨城建立在莱茵河和摩泽尔河的汇合处。
• The parameters affecting the river-blocking due to debris flow at the confluence are studied experimentally in laboratory.
  对影响泥石流堵江的各因素进行了试验研究。
• The bleak outlook stems from a confluence of factors.
  暗淡的前景是一系列因素合力所致。
• 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。