watershed
US:/ˈwɔtərˌʃed/
UK:/ˈwɔːtə(r)ˌʃed/
n.:
分水岭；转折点；分水线；分水界
网络:
流域；集水区；水域分割类
Word forms: (复数) watersheds
Examples
1.
The total land area that contributes surface runoff to a river or lake is called a watershed, fiver basin, or catchment area.
为某一江河或湖泊提供地表径流的整个陆地面积称作流域、河流盆地或汇水面积。
2.
Was that something of a watershed for Spanish football?
可以认为那是西班牙足球的转折点吗？
3.
He said the day was a "watershed mark" , though enthusiasm had been "dampened" by the floods.
他说这一天是一个“分水岭”（流域标志），虽然人们的激情已被洪水“打湿”。）
4.
As I said, this high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases must be a watershed event.
正如我所言，本次非传染性疾病问题高级别会议必须成为一个分水岭。
5.
One of the deputies most critical of the project, Nguyen Minh Thuyet, said the vote was a watershed for the legislature.
对该项目批评得最严厉的议员之一NguyenMinhThuyet表示，此次表决是该立法机构的转折点。
6.
But that gap is beginning to close, and 2011 appears to be something of a watershed year.
不过，这个差距正在缩小，2011年在某种意义上是迎来转折的一年。
7.
Going blind was the watershed of my life. My focus shifted from outrunning others before turning 29 to transcending my own limits after it.
失明成为我人生的一个分水岭。29岁之前，我是努力超越别人，29岁之后，我是在超越自我。
8.
The results show that this method can effectively restrain the over-segmentation of traditional watershed algorithm.
实验结果表明，该方法和传统分水岭算法相比较，能有效地抑制过分割。
9.
Modern is at the turn of the century, also be Chinese furniture development and eliminate backward watershed.
现代正处于世纪之交，也是中国家具生存发展与淘汰落后的分水岭。
10.
The veto was unexpected and was being seen as a watershed in Britain's fractious relationship with the rest of Europe.
卡梅伦的否决出人意料，被视为英国与欧洲其它国家之间不稳定的关系的转折点。