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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 confluence of social, economic, and intellectual change.
  社会、经济和思想变革的汇集点。
• 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。
• A city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
  德国西南部城市，位于莱茵河和内克河的交汇处。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。