Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

酗酒的替自己辩护的劲头绝对不输给荷海造田的决心。

What is the dike upon which it is built?

建造它的堤坝是什么？

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的堤坝加固国家广场。

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

当一场暴雨逼近，口密集的旧区域会被传统的堤坝保护。

" In the past, researchers had to learn the conditions of the dike on the spot by themselves, putting their lives at risk, " said Zhao Xiaoxiong from the bureau.

“过去，研究员必须亲自到现场采获堤坝的情况，但这样非常危”，河南河务局信息中心赵潇雄说道。

Ray Camp of the St. Charles County Office of Emergency Management says levees and dikes north of the confluence of the two rivers are causing those rivers to seek out new channels.

圣查尔斯镇的雷·坎普是应急管理办事处的工作员，他表示两河交汇处北部的堤坝和防洪堤住了河水，使河水改道。

Zhu Dongtie, head of Hunan's Department of Water Resources, said the embankment has not been used to prevent flooding since 1996, and it was built to a much lower standard than the dike.

湖南省水利厅厅长朱东铁称，自1996年以来，堤防未曾用于防洪，其建造标准低于普通堤坝。

In the centuries since, low-lying places like the Netherlands have developed an impressive array of water-defense systems, including Wierden, dikes, ditches, dams, locks, and picturesque water pumps.

在此后的几个世纪里，像荷这样的低洼地带已经建造了一系列令惊叹的防水工程，包括维尔登在内，有岩墙，水沟，水坝，水闸以及别致的风车。

The ministry has dispatched three work teams to the provincial regions of Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi to guide local flood-control work, including strengthening dike inspection and relocating people under threat.

水利部增派 3 个工作组分赴山东、河南、陕西，指导督促做好各项防范应对工作，包括加强堤防的巡查防守和员的转移。

Some historians indicated that the master of ceremonies may have been more popular in real life in his hometown because he helped develop farmland and build dikes.

不过一些历史学家指出，现实中这位礼仪大师在他的家乡可能比描述的更受欢迎，因为他曾为他们开发农田、修建堤坝。

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，越过堤坝，走向岸边。

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

西班牙从未重建阿兹特克水坝和堤坝，而是用更熟悉的街道和公共广场取而代之。

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

在这场风暴中，200公里的堤坝决堤，水位迅速上升到3米。

Hamburg is building a lot of new dikes.

汉堡正在修建许多新的堤坝。

The embankment, about 2 kilometers from the breached dike and 14.3 km long, separates Tuanzhou from the nearby township of Qiannan.

居民居住区距离堤坝决堤处约为2公里，决堤总长14.3公里，将团洲垸与附近的钱南垸隔开。

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

在他身后，他看到一个美丽的一尘不染的海滩上的脚印，通向堤坝和更远的地方。

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

在 “河流空间” 方案下，农场和堤坝被迁移到了远离海岸的地方。

They are buried in important dike locations to record and report the movement of dike stones.

它们被埋在堤坝的重要位置，用于记录和报告坝石的移动情况。

Alongside additional barriers, like grassy dikes and concrete seawalls, these fortifications made up the bulk of the Delta Works project, which was primarily focused on holding back ocean storms.

还有一些额外的屏障，比如长满草的堤坝和混凝土海堤，这些防御措施构成了 “三角洲工程” 的核心，主要为了阻大洋上的暴风。

" Upon feeling movement of the dike stones, the smart stone sends an alarm to the command center for quick response, " Wang said.

“只要坝石、坝体稍有异常，就会发出预警并自动推送至有关部门，实现对河道工程情全天候实时监测预警，达到抢早抢小的目的。” 王琴说。