英语词汇“floodgates”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

floodgates

(flʌdgeɪts )

open the floodgates phrase

If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.

A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits. [+ to/for]

Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates?

Idioms:

open the floodgates to something

to make it possible or likely that a particular thing will be done by many people, perhaps in a way that seems undesirable

Giving in to the strikers' demands, government ministers said, would open the floodgates to demands by workers in other large state-owned industries.

单词	floodgates
释义	floodgates (flʌdgeɪts ) open the floodgates phrase If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before. A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits. [+ to/for] Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates? Idioms: open the floodgates to something to make it possible or likely that a particular thing will be done by many people, perhaps in a way that seems undesirable Giving in to the strikers' demands, government ministers said, would open the floodgates to demands by workers in other large state-owned industries. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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