watershed

dönüm noktası

Önemli bir durumun büyük ölçüde değişmesine yol açan olay veya aşama.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: 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.)

Eş anlamlılar: turning point, milestone

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a watershed moment, watershed in something, a political watershed

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: drainage basin, catchment

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: river watershed, watershed management, watershed protection

dönüm noktası niteliğinde

Büyük bir değişimin başlangıcını belirlediği için önemli olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: pivotal, epoch-making

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: watershed moment, watershed event, watershed election, watershed decision