mid-14c., "channel for water;" late 14c., "flood-gate;" from water (n.1) + gate (n.). The name of a building in Washington, D.C., that housed the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the 1972 presidential election, it was burglarized June 17, 1972, which led to the resignation of President Nixon.
雙語例句
1. He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
他因在水門事件中擔(dān)任尼克松總統(tǒng)的首席法律顧問而聲名狼藉。
來自辭典例句
2. " After Watergate, I sold 400.
該事件發(fā)生后, 我賣掉了400臺.
來自時文部分
3. The dramatic weekend first brought home to me the nature of Watergate.
那個戲劇性的周末使我第一次認(rèn)識到水門事件的嚴(yán)重性.
來自辭典例句
4. Watergate had begun to turn into a national obsession.
水門事件已開始使全國著了魔.
來自辭典例句
5. Watergate had not altered China's high regard for him.