The British built embankments to keep floodwater from flowing past the river's banks.

英国人修建了堤防，防止洪水流过河。

I slipped on one and started to slide down the embankment.

我踩到一块积雪，脚下一滑，竟然沿着路基滑了下去。

After breakfast near ten o'clock, we went down onto the embankment.

吃了早饭，十点左右，我们下船来，到上去。

The Nautilus was stationary. It was floating next to an embankment shaped like a wharf.

诺第留斯号静止不动。它靠近作为码头浮着。

They crawled over an embankment onto the wet grass.

他们爬上河堤，躺在湿漉漉草地上。

It rolls down the embankment and lands up against their railings.

它会滚下路堤，停靠在他们家围栏旁。

Work is underway to strengthen river embankments and repair damaged roads.

正在进行加固河堤和修复受损道路工作。

Experts say the large embankment possibly exacerbated the accident.

专家说，大型堤坝可能加剧了事重性。

The embankments along the river were built to protect regions from riverine flooding.

沿河堤防是为了保护地区免受河流洪水侵袭。

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

团洲垸决堤代表洞庭湖“第二道防线”受到威胁。

It was blocked by the system of canals, embankments and wastewater drains built parallel to the river.

它被与河流平行运河、堤防和污水排水渠系统所阻塞。

Twenty-four incidents of leakage and piping at the embankment have been dealt with, he said.

曾发生过24起堤坝决堤和管道堵塞都已妥善处理。

Despite all the difficulties and challenges, the embankment must be safeguarded, he added.

尽管存在种种困难和挑战，但堤坝必须守住。

A tidy embankment is so pretty they call it " little Venice."

一个整洁河堤非常漂亮，他们称它为“小威尼斯”。

The massive embankment of the river Thames back in London didn't just happen.

泰晤士河回到伦敦大规模堤建设并不是凭空发生。

The earth excavated to form the moat was then used to create defensive embankments that were topped with a wooden palisade.

为了护城河所挖出泥土，随后被用来建造防御堤坝，顶部覆盖着木栅栏。

Frost sent a group of soldiers over the railway embankment to disable the armoured car.

弗罗斯特上校派了一组士兵越过铁路路堤去破坏那辆装甲车。

The famed West Lake has Guihua, or as Memphis trees planted along the river embankment.

着名西湖沿河种植了桂花，就像孟菲斯树木一样。

They help Debbie carry Anne up the embankment and back onto the trail.

他们帮助黛比将安妮抬上土坡，并重新回到小径上。

The car shot over an embankment and hurled me against a tree.

汽车冲过路堤， 把我撞到一棵树上。