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.
双语例句
1. He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
他因在水门事件中担任尼克松总统的首席法律顾问而声名狼藉。
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2. " After Watergate, I sold 400.
该事件发生后, 我卖掉了400台.
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3. The dramatic weekend first brought home to me the nature of Watergate.
那个戏剧性的周末使我第一次认识到水门事件的严重性.
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4. Watergate had begun to turn into a national obsession.
水门事件已开始使全国着了魔.
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5. Watergate had not altered China's high regard for him.
