- [countable] watershed (in something)
an event or a period of time that marks an important change 转折点，分界线，分水岭（标志着重大变化的事件或时期） Extra ExamplesThe 19th century marked a watershed between the country's agricultural past and its industrial future. 19 世纪是该国从农业国走向工业国的转折点。 The completion of this project was a watershed event in the company's history. 完成这个项目是公司历史上的里程碑事件。 The granting of the vote represented a watershed for the rights of women. 获得选举权是女性争取权利的重要一步。 With the strike, a historical watershed in the development of the trade union movement was reached. 这次罢工使工会运动发展到了一个历史转折点。 a watershed moment in recent music history 近代音乐史的转折时刻 a watershed year for Japan 对日本而言具有转折意义的一年
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- historic
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a line of high land where streams on one side flow into one river, and streams on the other side flow into a different river 分水线；分水岭；分水界 - the watershed[singular]
(in the UK) the time before which programmes that are not considered suitable for children may not be shown on television （英国）儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的起始时间 the 9 o’clock watershed 可开播儿童不宜电视节目的晚上 9 点钟时限
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from water + shed in the sense ‘ridge of high ground’ (related to the verb shed), suggested by German Wasserscheide.