2007年10月31日 星期三

watershed (BIG CHANGE)

watershed
分水界; (川の)流域; 転機, 分岐点.
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noun [S]
an event or period which is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something:
The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and changed her partner.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Pound leaps to post 1981 high against dollar

Sterling nears the watershed $2.07 mark after a senior Bank of England official questioned the need for a rate cut

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