watershed

Wendepunkt, Zäsur

Ereignis oder Zeitpunkt, nach dem sich eine wichtige Situation stark verändert.

In einfachem Englisch: An event or point after which an important situation changes greatly.

• The election was a watershed.
• Her first exhibition marked a watershed in her career.
• That ruling became a watershed for civil rights.

So benutzt man es: a watershed in something (The election was a watershed in the country's history.); a watershed for someone/something (The discovery proved a watershed for modern medicine.)

Synonyme: turning point, milestone

Häufige Wendungen: a watershed moment, watershed in something, a political watershed

Einzugsgebiet

Landgebiet, dessen Regenwasser und Bäche in denselben Fluss, See oder dasselbe Meer fließen.

In einfachem Englisch: An area of land where rain and streams flow into the same river, lake, or sea.

• This river drains a large watershed.
• Pollution upstream affects the entire watershed.
• The project protects forests in several watersheds.

Synonyme: drainage basin, catchment

Häufige Wendungen: river watershed, watershed management, watershed protection

wegweisend, entscheidend

Wichtig, weil es den Beginn einer großen Veränderung markiert.

In einfachem Englisch: Important because it marks the start of a major change.

• It was a watershed moment.
• The watershed election changed the political system.
• Historians consider that agreement a watershed event.

Synonyme: pivotal, epoch-making

Häufige Wendungen: watershed moment, watershed event, watershed election, watershed decision