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英语单词“open the floodgates”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 open the floodgates 释义

open the floodgates

idiomIf anactionor adecisionopensthefloodgates, itallowssomething tohappena lot orallowsmanypeopleto do something that was notpreviouslyallowed:引发更多同类事件;放开限制Officials areworriedthatallowingtheserefugeesinto thecountrywillopenthefloodgatestothousands more.官员们担心,允许这些难民入境会引发数千其他难民的涌入。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Allowing and permitting
  • admission
  • admit ofsomething
  • allow ofsomething
  • allowable
  • approval
  • authorization
  • authorize
  • clearance
  • entrance
  • given the chance/choiceidiom
  • green-light
  • hall pass
  • imprimatur
  • left
  • liberty
  • relicensure
  • say-so
  • security clearance
  • seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
  • sufferance
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(Definition ofopen the floodgatesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)

open the floodgates| American Dictionary

open the floodgates

idiomto make itpossiblefor something tohappeningreatnumbers:The court'sdecisioncould open thefloodgatesfor manysimilarcases.(Definition ofopen the floodgatesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/open-the-floodgates##