Watergate

英[ˈwɔtəɡeit]
美[ˈwɔtɛrˌɡet, ˈwɑtə-]

基本释义

水门事件(美国政治丑闻,共和党总统竞选连任委员会于1972年6月17日派人潜入水门大厦民主党总部安装窃听器,此事暴露后导致尼克松总统辞职)

实用例句

He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.

他因在水门事件中担任尼克松总统的首席法律顾问而声名狼藉。

辞典例句

" After Watergate, I sold 400.

该事件发生后, 我卖掉了400台.

时文部分

Watergate had begun to turn into a national obsession.

水门事件已开始使全国着了魔.

辞典例句

He simply could not understand the uproar over Watergate.

他根本无法理解水门事件引起的喧嚣.

辞典例句

Once Watergate erupted , it was impossible to arrest its course.

水门事件一朝败露, 就无法控制事态的发展.

辞典例句

His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.

他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思.

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Watergate was bound to rock the nation.

水门事件一定会震惊全国.

辞典例句

The Watergate questions were less easily disposed of.

关于水门事件的问题,则比较难对付.

辞典例句

" The year before Watergate, I sold 70 shredders,'said John Wagner of Allegheny Paper Shredders.

阿勒格尼碎纸机公司的约翰-瓦格纳说: “ ‘水门事件’发生前一年, 我卖掉了70台碎纸机.

时文部分

No one had the stomach to refight the Vietnam debate in the midst of Watergate.

在水门丑闻声中,没人有胆量再次为越南争端而站出来讲话.

辞典例句

He resigned as a result of the case known as Watergate.

他是因为“水门事件”而辞去职务的.

互联网

The clever journalists blew the lid off the watergate cover - up.

这些聪明的记者们使被掩盖的水门事件真相大白于天下.

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The clever journalists blew the lid off the Watergate scandal.

联盟的新闻工作者揭露了水门丑闻的真相.

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About forty people were charged with Watergate related crimes.

大约四十人在水门犯罪里被判决.

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In the post - Watergate era, power has been fractionated on Capitol Hill ( Evan Thomas )

在水门事件之后的时代里, 权力已被国会分割 ( 埃文托马斯 )

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真题例句

Many Americans lost faith in the integrity of their political leaders as a result of the Watergate scandal.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974

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