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 你释放了洪水猛兽。

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

他修建了堤坝、水坝、水闸、运河、抽水站，以及更多的设施，都是为了把海水推回去。

The UN chief said the floodgates of horror have re-opened due to the suspension of aid.

联国秘书长表示，由于援助的暂停，恐怖的闸门已重启。

It's time to open the floodgates.

所以是时候打开泪水的阀门了。

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

所以我藏起来，躲在我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.

这个单纯的提问立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.

如果可持续鸡蛋推广成功，它将为再生牛肉西兰花及其他产品打开闸门。

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

2012，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人，从而引起外界对性侵件的重视。

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

你可以测试一下，只需在舌头上滴一滴柠檬汁，等待“闸门”打开。

I think overall Virgil, he opened the floodgates in fashion for many different reasons.

我认为总的来说，维吉尔出于多种不同的原因打开了时尚界的闸门。

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。

It can open the floodgates to  more companies and more planes.

它可以为更多的公司和更多的飞机打开闸门。

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

（笑声）我心中的闸门开启，就像上海的街道一样。

(Laughter) And what might that floodgate be holding?

（笑声）那么这道闸门后面可能藏着什么？

Each floodgate is designed to be removed every five years for defouling.

每个防洪闸门设计为每五拆除一次进行清污。

From there, the floodgates opened, and it was off to the races, I think.

——从那时起，闸门大开，我觉得一切都开始加速了。

And actually, once they did, it opened up conversation floodgates.

实上，一旦他这样做了，就打开了交流的闸门。

Do the floodgates open and they end up abandoning him in large numbers?

他会大批抛弃他吗？