We got the news that the dam burst.

我们得到消息说大坝决口了。

The dam! the dam! cried Gilbert, the dam has given way!

“大坝！大坝！”特叫了起来，“大坝决口了！”

The World Health Organization is warning that cholera could spread in areas of Ukraine affected by the burst of Kakhovka dam.

世界卫生组织警告说，霍乱可能会在受Kakhovka大坝决口影响的乌克兰地传播。

And yet, having water overtop an unprotected embankment  will almost certainly cause a breach and failure.

然而，水漫过未受保护的路堤几乎肯定会导致决口和破坏。

Then in 1905, a canal breached and flooded the ancient lake bed with water from the Colorado River, which created an oasis.

1905 ，条运河决口，科罗拉多河的水涌入古老的湖床，造就了片绿洲。

The people downstream of Oroville Dam, and indeed any large dam across the world, probably chose their home or workplace without  considering too carefully the consequences of a failure and breach.

奥罗维大坝下游的人们，实际上是世界上任何大型水坝的人们，可能在选择他们的住所或工作场所时， 都没有太仔细地考虑失败和决口的后果。

No water seepage exiting the downstream face of  the embankment or eroding soil was evident in the time leading up to the breach, ruling this  mechanism out as the main cause of failure.

在决口之前， 没有明显的水从路堤下游面渗出， 也没有侵蚀土壤，因此排除了这种机制是失败的主要原因。