柯林斯詞典watershed /?w??t????d/ (watersheds) 1. N-COUNT If something such as an event is a watershed in the history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning of a new stage in it. 分水嶺; 轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn) The election of Mary Robinson in 1990 was a watershed in Irish politics. 1990年瑪麗·魯濱遜的儅選是愛爾蘭政治的分水嶺。 返回 watershed劍橋詞典 watershed noun (BIG CHANGE) [ 單數(shù)名詞 ] an event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something （標(biāo)志重大變化的）轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)，分界線，分水嶺 The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and remarried . 1969年是她人生的一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)——她改了行，也再婚了。 watershed noun (HIGH GROUND) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] geography specialized an area of high ground from which water flows down to a river 分水嶺，分水界 watershed noun (TELEVISION) ?the watershed [ 單數(shù)名詞 ] UK in Britain , the time in the evening , usually 9 p.m., when television programmes that are not suitable for children may start to be shown 分水嶺時(shí)間（在英國通常指晚上9點(diǎn)以後電眡可以播放兒童不宜節(jié)目的時(shí)段） 返回 watershed