wa·ter·shed
noun/ˈwɔːtəʃed/
/ˈwɔːtərʃed/
- [countable] watershed (in something) an event or a period of time that marks an important change
转折点，分界线，分水岭（标志着重大变化的事件或时期） - The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
19 世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。
Extra Examples- The 19th century marked a watershed between the country's agricultural past and its industrial future.
19 世纪是该国从农业国走向工业国的转折点。 - The completion of this project was a watershed event in the company's history.
完成这个项目是公司历史上的里程碑事件。 - The granting of the vote represented a watershed for the rights of women.
获得选举权是女性争取权利的重要一步。 - With the strike, a historical watershed in the development of the trade union movement was reached.
这次罢工使工会运动发展到了一个历史转折点。 - a watershed moment in recent music history
近代音乐史的转折时刻 - a watershed year for Japan
对日本而言具有转折意义的一年
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- historic
- important
- major
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- be
- mark
- represent
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- divide something
- moment
- event
- year
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- watershed between
- watershed for
- watershed in
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- The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
- [countable] a line of high land where streams on one side flow into one river, and streams on the other side flow into a different river
分水线；分水岭；分水界 - the watershed[singular] (in the UK) the time before which programmes that are not considered suitable for children may not be shown on television
儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的时间起始点 - the 9 o’clock watershed
可播放儿童不宜电视节目的晚上 9 点钟时限
- the 9 o’clock watershed
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from water + shed in the sense ‘ridge of high ground’ (related to the verb shed), suggested by German Wasserscheide.