The first line of defense was to dam the region's flood-prone estuaries.

第一道防线，是在该地区易受洪水侵袭的河口。

The National Guard delivered sandbags on Wednesday to dam the breached canal in the City of Columbia.

周三在哥伦比亚城，国民警卫队正在用沙袋对受损运河。

Beavers building dams, pretty hard work and bees flying around all day collecting pollen to make honey.

狸，相当辛苦的工作，蜜蜂整天飞来飞去收集花粉来制造蜂蜜。

Fish, in open pools, were not too quick for him; nor were beaver, mending their dams, too wary.

在开阔的水塘里, 他比鱼儿游得还快, 比会的河狸还要机警, 因而丧生在他腹中。

In the 1800s, many rivers in the American West were diverted for irrigation or dammed for generating electricity.

在19世纪，美国西部的许多河流改道用于灌溉或发电。

The Wildlife Trusts say the dam building animals bring huge benefits, such as helping to alleviate flooding and drought.

野生动物信托基金表示，这种动物带来了巨大的好处，比如帮助缓解洪水和干旱。

Last month, it said it would cut aid to Ethiopia due to its unilateral decision to start filling the dam.

上个月，美国表示将削减对埃塞俄比亚的援助，因为埃塞俄比亚单方面决定开始蓄水。

The first line of defense was to dam the region’s flood-prone estuaries.

第一道防线是在该地区易受洪水侵袭的河口。

While the other children started the dam, Jessie washed all their stockings.

当其他孩子开始时，杰西洗了他们所有的袜子。

In nature, collective construction is used for building nests, dams, even bridges.

在自然界中，集体建设用于巢、，甚至桥梁。

So, people want water from rivers and lakes for building out cities – for helping to cool turbines– or damming rivers, ” he said.

人们想获得河流湖泊里的水来建造城市，来冷却涡轮或在河流上。”

They cannot dam the river and control it, because that focuses attention on what they take, it brings down eventual destruction.

他们无法在河流上并控制它，因为这会把注意力集中在他们拿走的东西上，它会带来最终的破坏。

If we were to dam the Ru River, they will have no water to drink and their army would be thrown into chaos.

如果把汝江，他们就无水可喝，他们的军队就会大乱。

But if trees are not available, he can do without them; he can cut logs, roll them into place, and make a dam wholly out of logs.

但如果没有树，他也可以照样建造；他可以砍伐原木，把它们滚到合适的地方，然后完全用原木。

Beavers create dams under the cover of darkness, not because they care about urban flooding, they have an instinct to create pools of deep water to hide in.

狸在黑暗的掩护下，不是因为它们关心城市洪水，而是它们有一种本能，能造出深水潭躲藏起来。

Sudani said they also discussed ways to combat drought and climate change, and to secure water supplies that are dwindling as a result of upstream damming by Turkiye.

苏达尼说，他们还讨论了应对干旱和气候变化的方法，以及如何确保因土耳其在上游而日益减少的水资源供应。

" Then it will be deep enough to swim in and won't be too deep for Benny. We'll build the dam here with logs and stones."

“那水就够深了，可以游泳，而且对本尼来说不会太深。我们会用原木和石头在这里。”

Also, things like the damming of rivers , has caused increased sediment production, not to mention the addition of more carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere.

此外, 诸如河流之类的事情, 也导致了沉积物产量的增加, 更不用说大气中二氧化碳和甲烷的增加。

I had no idea Tulare Lake was once the biggest freshwater body west of the Mississippi, but it was dammed and dived and drained to build a $2 billion agriculture industry.

我之前并不知道图拉雷湖曾经是密西西比河以西最大的淡水湖，后来为了建立一个价值20亿美元的农业产业，人们在这个湖泊、下潜和排水。

He had filled bags with earth, and dammed up the mountain stream, and then during the night forced the enemy into the stream and then released the water.

他用土装满袋子，在山涧上，然后在夜间把敌人逼入溪中，然后放水。