continental divide

基本解釋

So this is the big continental divide for the course.
這里就是這個課程的大分水嶺。
This morning I drove west on Highway 82 from Twin Lakes, which leads to the Continental Divide at Independence Pass.
那天早晨，我從孿生湖沿著82號公路上向西行駛到美國大陸洛磯山脈分水嶺。
The continental divide refers to an imaginaryline in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.
大陸分水嶺是指北美洛磯山脈上的一道想象線，該線把大西洋流域和太平洋流域區(qū)分開來。

So this is the big continental divide for the course.
這里就是這個課程的大分水嶺。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選

There is truly a continental divide with respect to the economics of Division I schools.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation closed U.S. 6, which crosses the Continental Divide near the scene of the avalanche, to facilitate the search.
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In fact, you have to cross the Mississippi River and the Continental Divide to find the new breed of pro-business Democrats, led by New Mexico's governor, Bill Richardson.
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the watershed of a continent, esp (often caps.) the principal watershed of North America, formed by the Rocky Mountains