mid-14c., "channel for water;" late 14c., "flood-gate;" from water (n.1) + gate (n.). The name of a building in Washington, D.C., that housed the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the 1972 presidential election, it was burglarized June 17, 1972, which led to the resignation of President Nixon.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
他因在水門(mén)事件中擔(dān)任尼克松總統(tǒng)的首席法律顧問(wèn)而聲名狼藉。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. " After Watergate, I sold 400.
該事件發(fā)生后, 我賣(mài)掉了400臺(tái).
來(lái)自時(shí)文部分
3. The dramatic weekend first brought home to me the nature of Watergate.
那個(gè)戲劇性的周末使我第一次認(rèn)識(shí)到水門(mén)事件的嚴(yán)重性.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Watergate had begun to turn into a national obsession.
水門(mén)事件已開(kāi)始使全國(guó)著了魔.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Watergate had not altered China's high regard for him.