spate
英 [speɪt]
美 [speɪt]
n. 一连串,接二连三(通常指不愉快的事物)
复数:spates
Collins.1 / BNC.11439 / COCA.14718
习惯用语
n.
- in (full) spate
- 暴涨;发洪水
containing more water and flowing more strongly than usual - After heavy rain, the river was in spate.
大雨过后,河水暴涨。 - Celia was in full spate (= completely involved in talking and not likely to stop or able to be interrupted) .
西莉亚口若悬河,滔滔不绝。
牛津词典
noun
- 一连串,接二连三(通常指不愉快的事物)
a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time- The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。
- The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 大批,一连串,一阵(尤指令人不快之物)
Aspate ofthings, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time.- ...the recent spate of attacks on horses.
最近发生的一连串袭马事件 - ...the current spate of scandals.
目前流传的大量谣言
- ...the recent spate of attacks on horses.
- PHRASE (河水)猛涨,泛滥
When a river isin spateit contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.- The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.
泰晤士河河水暴涨,成群的加拿大雁迅速游向下游。
- The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.
英英释义
noun
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
- a sudden forceful flow
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
双语例句
- After a recent spate of consolidation in the industry, many steelmakers are looking at acquisitions.
在近期的钢铁行业整合大潮后,许多钢铁制造商正在考虑收购。 - A UN spokesman, Farhan Haq said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was concerned about the spate of killings.
一名联合国发言人称,联合国秘书长潘基文对杀戮事件的泛滥表示担忧。 - The S& P's note arrived on the heels of a spate of troubling news.
标准普尔的报告紧跟着大量的麻烦消息而来。 - But two years ago a spate of suicides led to a global outcry that shook the firm.
两年前,连续不断的自杀事件让公司震惊,在全世界也引起一片哗然。 - Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.
警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。 - Given the spate of recent crashes, anger has mounted against the government-run system.
由于近期的连续事故,人们对政府对铁路系统的管理很愤怒。 - After the storm all the rivers were in spate.
暴雨过后河水都上涨了。 - It starts Friday and forecasters are predicting a spate of named storms.
周五起,预报员预测了一系列命名的风暴。 - Norway is coming to terms with the worst spate of killings it's suffered since the Second World War.
挪威方面称,这是自第二次世界大战以来遇到的最严重的杀戮事件。 - Banks and retailers have sparred for years over transaction costs, but the latest spate of cyber attacks has heightened animosity between the two groups.
银行和零售商围绕交易成本已争吵多年,但围绕网络攻击的最新口水战加剧了这两个群体之间的敌意。