But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?

那么，地峡只是由松动的沙土形成的吗？

Yes, last night, in a matter of minutes, we cleared that insuperable isthmus.

对，就是昨夜，几分钟内，我们便走过了不能走过的地峡。

The strip of land, known as the Isthmus of Panama, was formed about 3.5 million years ago.

巴拿马地峡形成于350万年。

But they are technically connected by land to one another across the narrow Isthmus of Panama.

但严格来，它们是通过陆地上狭窄的巴拿马地峡相互连的。

For thousands of years now people have been walking across the Isthmus of Panama between the two halves of America.

几千年来，人们一直步行穿过南北美洲部分之间的巴拿马地峡。

Today,nearly 14,000 vessels travel through the isthmus annually— each in under 12 hours.

如今，每年有将近 14,000 艘船只穿越地峡——每艘船只的航行时间都在 12 时以内。

They itched to visit a famous isthmus and planned a wonderful itinerary.

他们渴望游览一处著名的地峡并计划了一条很棒的路线。

Strauss chose the fastest route, across the Isthmus of Panama.

施特劳斯选择了最快的路线，穿过巴拿马地峡。

Otherwise, in his Latin American initiatives, Harrison advocated construction of a Central American isthmian canal.

否则，在他的拉丁美洲倡议中，哈里森主张建造一条中美洲地峡运河。

To truly connect these two bodies of water shipping interests needed a canal— a continuous maritime passage through the isthmus.

为了真正连个水域， 航运需要一条运河— —一条穿过地峡的连续海上通道。

The British rejected this effort to settle the stressful issue of European construction of an isthmian canal.

英国人拒绝了一解决欧洲人修建地峡运河一紧张问题的努力。

When Great Britain moved to assert her interest in an isthmian canal, he reminded her of the Monroe Doctrine.

当英国采取行动维护她对地峡运河的兴趣时，他让她想起了门罗主义。

He began to restore diplomatic harmony with Mexico, and an American-built railroad was constructed across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

他开始恢复与墨西哥的外交和谐, 一条美国建造的铁路横跨特万特佩克地峡。

The museum's eight galleries celebrate the history of the Central America Isthmus, as one of the world's richest deco systems. BBC News.

博物馆的八个展厅展示了中美洲地峡的历史，它是世界上最丰富的装饰系统之一。英国广播公司的新闻。

It had made its way from the south, crossing the still-forming Isthmus of Panama and onto the coastal plains of Texas and then Florida.

它从南方出发，穿过仍在形成的巴拿马地峡，进入得克萨斯州的沿海平原，然后进入佛罗里达州。

When this exciting news reached the East, a mighty rush began to California, over the trails, across the Isthmus of Panama, and around Cape Horn.

当个令人振奋的消息到东方时， 人们开始涌向加利福尼亚，越过径，穿过巴拿马地峡， 绕过合恩角。

The only hope for avoiding a grueling six month wagon journey was to travel the narrowest portion of the continent— the 48-kilometer Isthmus of Panama.

避免六个月的艰苦旅行的唯一希望是穿越大陆最狭窄的部分——48 公里的巴拿马地峡。

To move goods between Asia and the Mediterranean basin, traders had to traverse the narrow isthmus separating the Red Sea and the Nile, journeying in camel-bound caravans through the unforgiving desert.

在亚洲和地中海盆地之间运输货物，商人不得不穿越分隔红海和尼罗河的狭窄的地峡，骑着骆驼的大篷车上穿过无情的沙漠。

To have gained a prize in the Olympic, Isthmian, or Nemaean games, gave illustration, not only to the person who gained it, but to his whole family and kindred.

在奥林匹克运动会、地峡运动会或 Nemaean 运动会中获奖，不仅对获奖者，而且对他的全家和亲属都起到了示范作用。

On January 16, 1939, Matthew W. Sterling took an early morning walk through the wet, buggy forest of Veracruz State, on the Gulf Coast side of Mexico's southern Isthmus.

1939 年 1 月 16 日，马修·斯特林 （Matthew W. Sterling） 清晨在墨西哥南部地峡墨西哥湾沿岸一侧的韦拉克鲁斯州潮湿的越野车森林中散步。