英 [speɪt] 美 [speɪt]
n. 一连串（不愉快的事物）；（河水）猛涨；洪水；大雨
复数spates
spate /speɪt/ TEM8
可数名词 A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time. 一连串
...the recent spate of attacks on horses.
…最近对马的一连串袭击。
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
同义词： freshet
一阵
大水
洪水
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The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.
这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。
A spate of strikes has thrown a spanner into the workshop of the world.
一连串的罢工已给这个世界工厂带来了麻烦。
After heavy rain, the river was in spate.
大雨过后，河水暴涨。
And,the spate of suicides at the Foxconn plant in southern China also helped focus attention on wages and conditions in Chinese factories.
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After he'd published all of his major poems, he began publishing a spate of works that attempted to re-create British culture from the ground up.
在发表了他的所有主要诗作后，他开始大量发表其他著作,试图以这些作品完全重建英国文化。
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This was one of the reasons the credit rating agencies began their recent spate of downgrades.
But since last September, the two companies have been involved in a bitter spate of lawsuits.
There were a spate of crashes between 2006 and 2009 in which passengers were injured.