early 15c., from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. a confluence of social factors
多種社會(huì)因素的匯集
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
內(nèi)拉河和韋利諾河的匯合處是落差達(dá)160米的瀑布,景象十分壯觀。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
如同大多數(shù)極端天氣狀況一樣,其劇烈程度是由于幾種氣象條件反常地匯集在一起造成的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
他們建造了城市的匯合兩條河流.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Confluence: a flowing together of two or more streams.