Watergate

水门事件

发音

US /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/

词形变化

Watergated Watergates 三单 Watergates Watergating Watergating 现在分词 Watergated 过去式 Watergated 过去分词

别名

watergate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To treat in a manner reminiscent of the Watergate scandal.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To engage in activities associated with the Watergate scandal.

    不及物 罕用
name
  1. 1.

    An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

    水门事件

相关短语

Watergate salad Watergate salads

词源

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

来源：wiktionary