watershed

svolta, spartiacque

Evento o momento dopo il quale una situazione importante cambia profondamente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: turning point, milestone

Espressioni comuni: a watershed moment, watershed in something, a political watershed

bacino idrografico

Area in cui l’acqua piovana e i corsi d’acqua confluiscono nello stesso fiume, lago o mare.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: drainage basin, catchment

Espressioni comuni: river watershed, watershed management, watershed protection

decisivo, epocale

Importante perché segna l’inizio di un grande cambiamento.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: pivotal, epoch-making

Espressioni comuni: watershed moment, watershed event, watershed election, watershed decision