Their studies helped determine that while compounds like borax, hydrated sodium borate, are effective at cleaning, adding minerals to the soil, repealing pests and manufacturing glass and porcelain, they`re less savory as a food preservative.

他们的研究结果显示，尽管硼砂和水合硼酸钠样的复合物在，清洁，给土壤增肥，驱除害虫，制作玻璃和陶瓷方面有很好的效果，但是作为食品添加剂还是不妥的。

Heavily armed police raiding the homes of unarmed, non-violent suspects on the flimsiest of pretexts, and behaving more like an occupying army in hostile territory than guardians of public safety.

全副武装的警察以不糊不清的借口闯进手无寸铁的嫌疑犯，些警察更像是在敌军土壤驻扎的军队，而不是公共安全的监护人。

Not a plough had ever disturbed a grain of that stubborn soil.

犁铧从来没有翻动过片顽土的一寸土壤。

Kiara Nirghin's invention help soil retain water.

基娅拉的项发明能够帮助土壤储水。

Thin and fragile, soil is made by living matter.

土壤由生物质构成，薄而脆弱。

Farmable soil, if you go to purchase it, costs four dollars a pound.

可耕地的土壤，如果你去购买它，价格是四美元一磅。

American nukes are discovered in Turkish soil.

美国人的核武器却在土耳其土壤被发现了。

So the next time you brush your teeth, bite into that cheese rind, sift through garden soil, or skip a river stone, look as close as you can.

所以，下次你刷牙，咬破乳酪外，花园的土壤，或者打水漂时，尽可能地仔细看看。

Animal dung enriches the soil by providing nutrients for plant growth.

动物的粪便通过向土壤提供营养物来促进植物生长。

Plants suck moisture from the earth.

植物从土壤中吸收水分。

Christmas trees can be cut up to be used as fertilizer. They can also be cut and used to provent the wearing down of soil.

可以将圣诞树砍碎作为肥料，可以砍下来用作预防土壤销蚀。

This aims to boost the fertility of soil and keep it moist through established practices.

种方法目的在于通过既有的惯常做法，增加土壤的肥力，保持土壤湿度。

For example, the old- growth trees have extremely long roots that help prevent erosion of the soil along the banks of the many fish streams.

比如，些古老的树长着特别长的根，能够帮助防止溪流两岸的土壤被侵蚀，而些溪流中都生活着很多鱼。

We can tear apart the great grass cover of the western plains and pour toxic chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind.

我们可以撕裂西部平原的广袤草场，将有毒的化学物质倒进土壤中，让其渐渐衰亡，随风吹散。

Researchers have gone to the boys' village to collect soil and air samples.

研究人员还采集了其居住环境周边土壤及空气样本。

Normally, the earth stores CO2, which fertilizes the soil.

通常，地球会储存能使土壤变肥沃的二氧化碳。

It can also fix the soil and prevent soil erosion.

并能够固定土壤使水土不流失。

The researchers who conducted this study knew that soil fungi whose hyphae are symbiotic with tomatoes (providing them with minerals in exchange for food) also form a network connecting one plant to another.

土壤中的真菌菌丝与番茄属共生关系，真菌向番茄提供矿物质，作为交换，番茄则向真菌供给“食物”。而实验研究者们同样早就清楚地知道，真菌菌丝还在植物之间构建起了网络。

Plants suck up moisture from the soil.

植物从土壤中吸取水分。

I thought the spring thaw washed away the soil.

我认为春季的融雪冲走了土壤。