confluence
noun /ˈkɒnfluəns/
/ˈkɑːnfluəns/
[usually singular]- (specialist) the place where two rivers flow together and become one
（河流的）汇合处，汇流处，交汇处 - the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile
青尼罗河与白尼罗河的交汇处。
- the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile
- (formal) the fact of two or more things becoming one
（事物的）汇合，汇聚，汇集 - a confluence of social factors
多种社会因素的汇集
- a confluence of social factors
词源late Middle English: from late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluere ‘flow together’, from con- ‘together’ + fluere ‘to flow’.