watergates

watergates

美 [ˈwɔtərˌɡeɪt] 　英 [ˈwɔːtə(r)ˌɡeɪt]

• n.水门事件；(类似水门事件的)政治丑闻
• v.使卷入丑闻
• 网络水门案；水门大厦；水门大楼

词形变化

复数：watergates  

英汉解释

n.	1. 水门事件 2. (类似水门事件的)政治丑闻
v.	1. 使卷入丑闻

英英解释

na.

1. a political event in the U.S. in the 1970s that caused President Nixon to give up his job. Reporters discovered that Nixon was using his power to secretly obtain information about his political opponents. The suffix -gate is now often used to make new words referring to situations that create embarrassing problems for powerful people.