| 单词 | watershed event |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatershed event General attributive (in sense 1b), as watershed event, watershed moment, watershed year, etc. ΚΠ 1920 Congregationalist & Advance 22 Jan. 18/2 Failure on the part of either executive or Senate to realize that it is a ‘watershed moment’ in history. 1968 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 30 Apr. 4/5 If this is a true watershed period in history,..it is all the more reason why negotiations with the Communists should be regarded as a great historical event. 1987 Wilson Libr. Bull. Mar. 63/2 The arrangement allows browsers to discover the watershed events of a director's or actor's career. 2002 Imperial Oil Rev. Winter 25/1 The early 1990s were watershed years for Toronto's race relations. 2011 Daily Tel. 18 May 7/1 The Queen's watershed tour of Ireland began as planned yesterday. < as lemmas |
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