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confluence n.合流；汇合 (1) 这就是三条江合流的地方。(2) 是很多力量的合力在推动社会。(3) 然后他们将会发现真理的汇集。 Con- means "with," and -fluence sounds like "flow." When things come together like rivers do, flowing from entirely different places, you call that a confluence. If the senior class needs to raise money for a class trip, and the drama club is looking for someone to do concessions during intermission at the school play, that's a confluence of factors.

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英 ['kɒnflʊəns] 美 ['kɒnflʊəns] (1) It's the confluence of three rivers.(2) A confluence of many forces was at work.(3) Then they will see there is a confluence of truth. Confluence means a flowing together. In a literal sense, it's about rivers. But it's more often used to talk about the coming together of factors or ideas, or of cultures in a diverse city. 1[N-SING 单数名词](河流的)汇合处，交汇处 The confluence of two rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river.   [oft N of n]The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]汇集；汇合 If there is a confluence of two things, they join, combine, or come together.   [oft N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。...the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil.非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合

英语单词	confluence
英美音标	英 ['kɒnflʊəns] 美 ['kɒnflʊəns]
中文释义	n.合流；汇合
英语例句	(1) It's the confluence of three rivers. (2) A confluence of many forces was at work. (3) Then they will see there is a confluence of truth.
中文例句	(1) 这就是三条江合流的地方。 (2) 是很多力量的合力在推动社会。 (3) 然后他们将会发现真理的汇集。
vocabulary简明	Confluence means a flowing together. In a literal sense, it's about rivers. But it's more often used to talk about the coming together of factors or ideas, or of cultures in a diverse city.
vocabulary扩展	Con- means "with," and -fluence sounds like "flow." When things come together like rivers do, flowing from entirely different places, you call that a confluence. If the senior class needs to raise money for a class trip, and the drama club is looking for someone to do concessions during intermission at the school play, that's a confluence of factors.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词](河流的)汇合处，交汇处 The confluence of two rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river. [oft N of n] The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino. 内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]汇集；汇合 If there is a confluence of two things, they join, combine, or come together. [oft N of n] [FORMAL 正式] Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events. 如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。 ...the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil. 非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合

Confluence Rivers Means Flowing Cultures Class [Oft N