a political event in the US in the 1970s that caused President Nixon to give up his job. Journalists discovered that Nixon was using his power to secretly obtain information about his political opponents. The suffix -gate is now often used to make new wordsreferring to situations that create embarrassing problems for powerful people. 水门事件(美国20世纪70年代导致尼克松总统辞职的政治事件)
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From the Watergate Building, where Nixon's opponents had their offices. 源自尼克松之对手的办公地点:水门大楼。