- (specialist)
the place where two rivers flow together and become one （河流的）汇合处，汇流处，交汇处 the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile 青尼罗河与白尼罗河的交汇处。
- (formal)
the fact of two or more things becoming one （事物的）汇合，汇聚，汇集 a confluence of social factors 多种社会因素的汇集
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluere ‘flow together’, from con- ‘together’ + fluere ‘to flow’.