1.水门,水闸门;防洪闸门
2.(怒气等的)制约
3.大量
1.a gate that controls a flow of water in a river or lake
1.The Nigerian authorities said the floodgates had to be opened because water levels have become dangerously high.
尼日利亚当局表示，由于河流水位上升到危险水平，他们不得不打开闸门。
2.And with the price of pig meat up 38 percent in major cities since the start of the year, the government is about to open its floodgates.
随着今年以来主要城市猪肉价格上涨超过38%，政府正筹划“开闸放肉”。
3.Some money is seeping out . . . If it continues like this, the floodgates could open.
如果这种情况继续下去，资金的闸门可能会打开。
4."Let's not get carried away that the floodgates are about to open, " said Fraser Howie, an expert on China's capital markets.
“让我们不要忘乎所以，认为防洪闸将开启，”中国资本市场专家侯伟（FraserHowie）表示。
5.If this book is allowed to be published the floodgates will open.
如果这本书被允许出版，水闸将被放开。
6.Only willing to destroy the nation and completely decayed class, can open wide the floodgates to allow such a toadstool.
只有甘心毁灭的民族和完全腐朽的阶级，才能容许这种毒菌自由泛滥。
7.With the government still mopping up the consequences of the last stimulus, opening the lending floodgates a second time isn't an option.
由于政府还在清理上次刺激政策的后续影响，再次打开贷款闸门并不在可选择范围之内。
8.Despite this rather unconvincing attempt to reassure worried parents, the case merely opened the floodgates.
尽管此举是安抚忧心父母的令人难以信服努力，但此案仅是冰山一角。
9.The universe does not respond positively to his hesitation. Only when he's in motion do the floodgates of abundance open.
宇宙从来不积极响应他的犹豫，只有当他活跃起来的时候，丰盈的闸门才会向他完全打开。
10.Had the floodgates remained closed, Army engineers say the damage to larger cities farther south would have been even more catastrophic.
陆军工程师们称，如果防洪闸门一直关闭的话，那对远方南部的大城市将会造成更为严重的灾难性损失。