And what might that floodgate be holding?

那扇闸门能容纳什么呢？

You are opening the floodgates my friend.

朋友 你释放了洪猛兽。

It's time to open the floodgates.

所以是时候打开泪的阀门了。

And so we hide, and we hide behind what we like to call the floodgate of intimacy.

所以我们藏起来，躲在我们喜欢的所谓亲密的闸门后面。

This innocent query opens a floodgate of discontent that takes both Sheila and the viewer by surprise.

这个单纯的刻打开了倾泻不满的闸门，让希拉和观众都大吃一惊。

If the sustainable-egg roll out is successful, it could open the floodgates for regenerative beef broccoli and beyond.

如果持续鸡蛋推广成功，它将为再生牛肉西兰花及其他产品打开闸门。

They've constructed dykes, dams, floodgates, canals, pumping stations, and more all in their effort to push the sea back.

他们修建了堤、、闸、运河、抽站，以及更多的设施，都是为了把海推回去。

(Laughter) And what might that floodgate be holding?

（笑声） 那个闸门能容纳什么？

The word " kufungisisa" opens up a floodgate of tears.

“kufungisisa” 这个词打开了眼泪的闸门。

This opened the floodgates for thousands of people to convert to this new religion.

这为成千上万的人打开了皈依这个新宗教的闸门。

And that has just really opened the floodgates for Chinese companies to list in Zurich.

而这才真正为中国企业在苏黎世上市打开了闸门。

Sort of opens up the neurological floodgates, so to speak.

某个事件的周年日会唤醒创伤记忆。

The floodgates could not be opened and the water grew stagnant.

闸门打不开， 就停滞不前了。

(Laughter) The floodgates in our mind open much like the streets of Shanghai.

（笑声） 我们心中的闸门就像上海的街道一样打开。

The floodgates opened, the poison poured into his system.

闸门打开有毒物质进入了他的系统。

The publicity surrounding the late British DJ Jimmy Savile, posthumously exposed as a prolific pedophile in 2012, helped open a floodgate.

2012年，已故英国DJ主持吉米·萨维尔在死后被曝出曾多次性侵未成年人，从而引起外界对性侵儿童事件的重视。

But the floodgates are open, sir.

先生 这个闸门原本就敞开着。

Those floodgates open and we're done.

这道闸门一开 我们将溃不成军。

You can test this, just put a drop of lemon juice on your tongue and wait for the floodgates to open.

你以测试一下，只需在舌头上滴一滴柠檬汁，等待“闸门”打开。

Like higher and stronger levees, floodgates, pumping stations, river controls, and dredging up new artificial land to replace their natural wetland defenses.

比如更高更坚固的堤、防洪闸、抽站、河流控制设施，以及疏浚新的人工土地来取代天然湿地防御。