Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

酗酒人替自己辩护劲头绝对不输给荷兰人拦海造田决心。

So we're going to have to start armoring the Mall with larger and larger dikes.

因而我们得开始用越来越大坝加固国家广场。

What is the dike upon which it is built?

建造它坝是什么？

At least 7,000 residents were evacuated after the dike burst.

7000余名居民在决中被救援。

The storm destroyed dikes along several hundred kilometers of coastline.

风暴摧毁了几百公里海岸坝。

And it's simply not realistic to build dikes along the entire coast.

而且沿着整个海岸修建坝是不现实。

When a storm threatens, densely populated older districts are protected by traditional dikes.

当一场暴雨逼近，人口密集旧区域会被传坝保护。

Hamburg is building a lot of new dikes.

汉堡正在修建许多新坝。

They can't build dikes or other flood-protection structures, like we have in Germany and the Netherlands.

他们无法建造坝或其他防洪设施，就像在德国和荷兰所建造那样。

Under the " Room for the River" plan, farms and dikes were relocated away from the shore.

在 “河流空间” 方案下，农场和坝被迁移到了远离海岸地方。

After the dike breach, an embankment considered the second line of defense was threatened on Monday.

团洲垸决代表洞庭湖“第二道防”受到威胁。

The country is protected by a system of polders, dikes, and dams — but for how long?

这个国家受到一套由防、坝组成体系保护，但能维持多久呢？

He dreamed vividly about how he walked out of his prison cell, across town, beyond the dikes, towards the shore.

他生动地梦见自己如何走出牢房，穿过城镇，越过坝，走向岸边。

Behind him, he saw footprints in the sand of a beautiful spotless beach that led to the dikes and beyond.

在他身后，他看到一个美丽一尘不染海滩脚印，通向坝和更远地方。

The Spaniards never rebuilt the Aztec dams and dikes and replaced them with more familiar streets and public squares instead.

西班牙人从未重建阿兹特克水坝和坝，而是用更熟悉街道和公共广场取而代之。

And flood protection requires more than massive dikes.

防洪需要不仅仅是巨大坝。

During the storm, 200 kilometers of dikes burst — and water levels quickly rose to three-meters.

在这场风暴中，200公里坝决，水位迅速升到3米。

Drifting ice has broken through a dike on an offshoot of the Rhine River.

流冰冲破了莱茵河支流坝。

It's the age-old story of the water boards which preserves the dikes and protects us against the floods.

这是关于水板古老故事，它保护了坝并保护我们免受洪水侵害。

That night he walked along the dike, thinking about it.

那天晚，他沿着防散步，想着这事。