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柯林斯词典

同近义词

• v.控制；筑坝

  control over   /   take control of

• n.[水利]水坝；障碍

  bar   /   obstacle   /   let   /   stop

同义词辨析

dam bank barrage dike 【导航词义：堤，坝】

dam n. 水坝

例1: A huge dam has been built on the Yangtze River.

长江上建起了一个大型水坝。

例2: The dam was not strong enough to hold the floodwaters.

水坝不够坚固，抵挡不住洪水。

bank n. 堤，岸

例1: The banks of the river are covered by grass.

河两岸长满了草。

例2: Many people live along the banks of the Nile.

很多人生活在尼罗河两岸。

barrage n. 堰堤，拦河坝

例1: We have built a barrage across the river to provide water for farming.

我们在河上建造了一个水坝作农田灌溉之用。

例2: The newly built barrage has benefited the whole village.

新建的拦河坝让整个村庄受益。

dike n. 堰，堤，坝

例1: The dikes are strong enough to prevent floods.

河堤非常坚固，足以防止洪水泛滥。

block v. 堵塞，阻挡

例1: A big stone is blocking the road.

一块大石头挡在路上。

例2: Something blocked the flow of water through the pipe.

有什么东西堵塞了管道里的水流。

choke v. 堵塞；（使）窒息

例1: A pile of garbage choked the pipe.

一大坨垃圾堵塞了管道。

例2: The gutter was choked with debris.

排水道被垃圾堵住了。

例3: That pungent perfume almost choked me.

那刺鼻的香味差点儿让我喘不过气来。

例4: They choked on the smoke from the chimney.

他们被烟囱冒出的烟呛得透不过气来。

clog v. 塞满，阻塞

例1: Every summer, there are cars clogging the road to the beautiful beach.

每年夏天都会有汽车把那条通往迷人海滩的道路堵得水泄不通。

例2: The water pipe was clogged with debris.

水管子被废弃物堵了。

dam v. 阻止，抑制，筑坝拦水

例1: dam (up) the river

在河上建坝

例2: It is ridiculous for him to try to dam the flow of history.

他试图阻挡历史进程的做法是荒谬的。

例3: That poor girl dammed back her tears.

那个可怜的女孩强忍住眼泪。

jam v. （使）挤满

例1: The strikers jammed the streets so no car could move.

罢工者把街道堵死了，没有汽车可以通行。

例2: Children jammed the entrance to the fair.

孩子们把游乐场的入口处挤得水泄不通。

词组短语

1. three gorges dam 三峡大坝

2. Dam Square 水坝广场 ; 达姆广场 ; 协和广场

3. the high dam 高坝

4. tailing dam 尾矿坝

5. dam up 筑坝拦水；抑制；阻止

6. earth dam 土坝

7. gorge dam 峡谷坝

8. Hoover Dam 胡佛水坝 ; 胡佛大坝 ; 胡佛坝

9. dam body 坝体；坝身

10. overflow dam 溢流堰

11. check dam 节制坝；拦沙坝

12. Aswan Dam 阿斯旺水坝 ; 阿斯旺大坝 ; 阿斯旺高坝

13. aswan high dam （埃及）阿斯旺水坝（建在埃及阿斯旺市附近的尼罗河河段上）

14. Son Dam Bi 孙淡妃 ; 孙丹菲

15. gravity dam 重力坝

16. arch dam 拱坝，拱形坝

17. hoover dam 胡佛水坝（美国最高的水坝，位于科罗拉多河下游）

18. Itaipu Dam 伊泰普水电站 ; 伊泰普大坝 ; 伊台布灞 ; 依泰普大坝

19. Gardiner Dam 加德纳大坝 ; 加德纳坝

20. dam foundation 坝基

21. concrete dam 混凝土坝

22. Henrik Dam 亨利克·达姆

23. aswan dam 阿斯旺水坝（建在埃及东南部城市阿斯旺附近的尼罗河河段上）

24. dam crest 坝顶

权威例句

1. Because the dam is taking apart, all the villagers will remove to a safer place.

由于大坝正在拆除，所有村民都将转移到一个更安全的地方。

2. The sector dam broke and its water drowned the entire valley.

扇形水坝倒塌了,水淹没了整个山谷.《简明英汉词典》

3. Dams built along the river and neighbouring waterways have also kept and out of their habitats.

在长江边以及附近的水域中还修筑起了很多水坝,这迫使白暨豚不停地更换它们的栖息之地.《期刊摘选》

4. The dam gave way; it was not strong enough to hold the flood waters.

水坝坍塌了; 它不够坚固,挡不住洪水.《辞典例句》

5. The dam must be closed before the rainy season sets in, or all our labour will be lost.

大坝一定要在雨季开始以前合拢, 否则就会前功尽弃.《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. If this distance is large in comparison to the wavelength, this dam simply casts a shadow.

如果这个距离比波长大，那么这个水坝就会投下阴影。

7. A huge lake formed behind the dam.

大坝后面形成了一个大的湖泊。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

8. China is building a dam, which will ruin several sites.

中国正在修建一座水坝, 这将会毁坏几处遗址.《期刊摘选》

9. Furthermore, article says that the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the Wenchuan earthquake of 2008.

另外文章中说,紫坪铺水库大坝或许是引发2008年汶川地震的罪魁祸首.《期刊摘选》

10. The released flow from reservoirs carries less sediment load of bed material than pre ? dam periods.

建坝后水库 下泄 水流挟带的床沙质含沙量减少,坝下游河床出现冲刷.《期刊摘选》

11. It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achi evement for nations and people striving to assert themselves.

对于那些努力维护自己权利的国家和人民来说，建造一座巨大而强大的大坝已经成为了阿齐王朝的象征，但这并没有帮助他们。

12. On Tuesday, Mr Wen ordered patrols to constantly monitor all dams as the bad weather continued.

对周二, 温先生下令巡逻,以不断监控所有的水坝由于恶劣天气仍在继续.《期刊摘选》

13. Bridges, dams, and reservoirs have to be bulit.

桥梁 、 堤坝和水库必须修建.《辞典例句》

14. A dam is under construction.

水坝在建筑中.《现代英汉综合大词典》

15. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered the dam removed after concluding that the environmental and economic benefits of a free-flowing river outweighed the electricity generated by the dam.

美国联邦能源监管委员会得出结论说，一条自由流动的河流所带来的环境和经济效益超过了大坝产生的电力，因此下令拆除大坝。

16. More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst.

大坝决堤引发的洪水灾吞噬了七十多人的生命。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

17. Until recently, the emphasis in dam building was on the economic benefits.

直到最近，大坝建设的重点一直放在经济效益上。

18. Before the dam was built, Campbell River used to flood in the spring.

大坝建好之前，坎贝尔河常在春季发大水。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

19. The hotel is centrally located between Dam Square and Central Station.

这家旅馆位于戴姆广场和中央车站之间.《简明英汉词典》

20. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.

毁坏大坝可能会淹没武汉这样的下游城市。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

21. Mixed with the concrete they are widely used in the airport runway dam and highway etc.

他与混凝土混合后可广泛用于大型建筑工程.如机场跑道、水坝、高速公路.《期刊摘选》

22. There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity

大坝若是建成，会有一些明显的受益者：农民将得到灌溉用水，企业将得到电力。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

23. They were afraid the dam wouldn't hold.

他们担心大坝会溃堤。《牛津词典》

24. Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

修建大坝的计划已被环境保护局否决。《牛津词典》

25. The dam broke down and in result the land was flooded.

大坝倒塌了，土地因而被淹。《汉英大词典》

26. The mountains are studded with dams, any one of which could wreak destruction in the valley below.

山区到处都是大坝，其中任何一个都可能给下面的山谷带来灭顶之灾。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

27. Floodwaters filled the reservoir at the massive Three Gorges Dam to dangerous levels, officials said.

洪水填补了大规模的三峡大坝水库的危险程度, 官员说.《期刊摘选》

28. Campos Novos is the world's third dam built with a concrete face filled in with rock.

新田是世界上第三高的水坝,表面为混凝土内部则填以岩石所造的水坝.《期刊摘选》

29. The dam has burst.

那水坝溃决了.《期刊摘选》

30. As evening descends on Dam Square so do the party-seekers.

当大坝广场的夜幕降临时，参加派对的人也来了。

31. For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other events.

例如，大坝广场的节日、开放市场、音乐会和其他活动吸引了白天的观光客。

32. If the distance between the wall and the dam was large in comparison to the wavelength, then what happens?

如果墙和坝之间的距离比波长大，那么会导致什么？

33. The dam had been breached.

大坝决口了。《牛津词典》

34. The initial water storage of Nierji reservoir evolves unfavourable influence to dam sector and river basin.

尼尔基水库蓄水对坝下江段和流域可能产生不利影响,本文提出五大对策,以减免影响危害.《期刊摘选》

35. The dam was in danger because of the rising flood.

洪水猛涨,大坝告急.《现代汉英综合大词典》

36. The beaver dammed the stream with mud, branches and leaves.

海獭用泥土 、 树枝和树叶在河里筑水坝.《期刊摘选》

37. The bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction.

尽管世界银行的顾问说大坝会给弱势群体带来困难，破坏环境，但世界银行还是这样做了。

38. A lot of reservoirs and dams are built to prevent floods and drought.

人类建造了水库和水坝来防洪抗旱.《期刊摘选》

39. ...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.

在多瑙河上建坝的计划《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

40. These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.

这些堤坝限制了河水顺流而下。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

41. Dams are used to control of flooding, provide irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding area.

水坝被用于防洪, 提供灌溉用水并为周围地区发电.《期刊摘选》

42. A new dam is now being built at the valley.

河谷里正在建一座新水坝.《辞典例句》

43. As can be seen from the picture the back ground is the Muda Dam.

可以看出,从图片,回到地面是慕达水坝.《期刊摘选》

44. Large dams have harmed Siberia's delicate ecological balance.

大型水坝对西伯利亚脆弱的生态平衡造成了破坏。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

45. The new dam will form a large artificial lake behind it.

新筑的水坝将会在后面形成一个人工湖.《简明英汉词典》

46. The compound geomembrane facing rockfill dam in Zhonglu Reservoir is a new type of dam.

钟吕水库复合土工膜面板堆石坝属于一种新坝型.《期刊摘选》

47. The villagers went at building a dam with a will.

村民们劲头十足地着手修一座水坝.《简明英汉词典》

48. He could not dam up his anger.

他抑制不住怒火.《期刊摘选》

49. The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams.

从山上冲刷下来的泥土就要让水电大坝淤塞了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

50. It is ridiculous for him to try to dam the flow of history.

他试图阻挡历史进程的做法是荒谬的。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

51. The dam burst.; The dike burst.

堤坝溃决。《汉英大词典》

52. Do you understand why the local people are opposed to the new dam up the river?

你知道为什么当地人反对在河上修建新水坝吗？

53. Water in a reservoir is pouring over a dam.

水库中的水流过坝.《辞典例句》

54. The dam is 50 metres in height.

坝高50米。《新英汉大辞典》

55. The official foundation stone for the dam was laid in 1961.

这座水坝的官方奠基石于1961年埋下。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

56. Dam up an emotion.

抑制感情.《期刊摘选》

57. The lake grew so huge that it broke the rock dam, releasing a flash flood.

湖越来越大，以至于冲破了石坝，引发了一场山洪。

58. The lady dammed up her anger.

那位女士抑制住一腔怒火.《辞典例句》

59. The river overflowed the dam.

河水溢过了大坝。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

60. The dam is accomplished.

水坝已大功告成.《现代汉英综合大词典》

61. This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.

这个水库是通过在布莱斯河上筑坝形成的。《柯林斯例句》

62. He is raising the dam of the reservoir.

他们正在加高这个水库的坝身.《期刊摘选》

63. Take the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

以埃及的阿斯旺水坝.《期刊摘选》

64. Xianghongdian dams safety is a serious problem because the dam uplifting pressure is too high.

响洪甸水库大坝坝基扬压力过高,严重影响大坝的安全稳定.《期刊摘选》

65. Nanyi reservoir dam is a concrete gravity dam with maximum height of 96.

南一水库大坝为混凝土重力坝,最大坝高96.《期刊摘选》

66. The dam cuts the river in the middle.

大坝把河水拦腰截断.《现代汉英综合大词典》

67. I watched with alarm as the current carried the raft and its passengers toward the dam.

惊恐地看着激流带着小木筏和乘客冲向水坝.《期刊摘选》

68. The reservoir dam crest elevation is important factor which decided reservoir running safety and engineering investment.

水库大坝坝顶超高是决定水库安全运行和工程投资的重要因素.《期刊摘选》

69. The boy dammed up his anger.

那孩子抑制住了他的愤怒.《辞典例句》

70. The reservoir dams were investigated by working group sent by China Earthquake Administration after the earthquakes.

地震发生后,中国地震局派遣的工作组对文成县的水库大坝进行了现场调查.《期刊摘选》

71. They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.

他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水.《简明英汉词典》

72. The water is smoother above the dam.

坝的另一边水面平静些.《简明英汉词典》

73. The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.

溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊.《简明英汉词典》

74. As operating licenses come up for renewal, dam removal and habitat restoration to original stream flows will be among the options considered.

随着运营许可证的更新，大坝的拆除和原始河流的栖息地恢复将是备选方案之一。

75. The application of the middle line method of dam construction and the tailing transportation using water isolation pumps are an effective way.

采用大坝中线法施工，采用隔水泵输送尾矿是一种行之有效的方法。

76. A section of the dam has caved in.

大坝出现塌方.《现代汉英综合大词典》

77. They have dammed up that river.

他们在那条河中筑水坝.《简明英汉词典》

78. There's still time to drain the reservoir before the dam breaks.

在水库崩溃之前还有时间排干贮水槽.《电影对白》

79. You'd better measure the flow of water over the dam.

你们最好测量一下从堤坝上面流出的水量.《简明英汉词典》

80. The government is planning to build a dam here.

政府打算在这里建一座水坝.《期刊摘选》

81. In 1996, scientists caused an experimental flood of the Colorado River by releasing water from Glen Canyon Dam above the Grand Canyon.

1996年，科学家从大峡谷上方的格伦峡谷大坝放水，造成科罗拉多河实验性洪水。

82. The project to build the dam was cancelled.

建大坝的项目取消了。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

83. The minister says 69 dams are currently in danger of breaking , but have not broken yet.

他说:“有69座水库现在面临的是溃坝的风险, 就是有溃坝的危险. ”《期刊摘选》

84. Finally, an application example has been realized in combination with the dam construction project.

最后, 结合水坝施工工程实现了一个应用实例.《期刊摘选》

85. It's hard to dam up one's feelings.

一个人要抑制自己的感情是不容易的.《简明英汉词典》

86. After steady seepage check of dam slope and the calculation of filtration steady, dam is safety.

经过大坝边坡稳定复核和渗流稳定计算, 大坝除险加固后水库能发挥应有的效益.《期刊摘选》

87. The new dam is a major construction project, funded by the government.

新水坝是政府出资建造的一个大工程项目.《简明英汉词典》

88. The dam project was conceived a grand scale.

这个水库工程的设计规模宏大.《期刊摘选》

89. The girl lost her boyfriend, she couldn't dam her feeling.

这个女孩失恋了, 她不能控制自己的感情.《简明英汉词典》

90. Let's forget about it, it's all water over the dam.

忘了那件事吧, 这已经无法挽回了.《简明英汉词典》

91. Building a dam here could have unforeseeable consequences for the environment.

在这里修建水坝可能会对环境造成无法预料的后果。《牛津词典》

92. More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst

大坝决口造成洪灾，70多人因此丧生。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

93. A dam burst and flooded their villages.

一个大坝决堤，淹没了他们的村子。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

94. Environmental groups now have a very good chance of forcing the removal of two major dams, the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado and the Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite.

环保组织现在很可能会强制拆除掉两座重要大坝——科罗拉多的格伦峡谷大坝和约塞米蒂的赫奇赫奇大坝。

95. That poor girl dammed back her tears.

那个可怜的女孩强忍住眼泪。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

96. But again , too voluminous an outflow can erode the diversionchannel and cause the dam to collapse.

但太多的流出量也会毁掉引水渠,引起水坝溃堤.《期刊摘选》

97. Isn't this a dam a reservoir?

这里不是水库大坝 嘛 ?《期刊摘选》

98. The intensifying interactions between water and rock the environmental water around some dam the paper.

大坝建成水库蓄水,坝址水环境发生明显变化,致使水岩间相互作用加剧.《期刊摘选》

99. The dam will stand 600 feet high

大坝将高达600英尺。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

100. The building of the dam is going forward without any trouble.

水坝建设工程进展顺利.《简明英汉词典》

101. The landslide happened Tuesday amid criticism over the environmental impact of the world's biggest dam.

滑坡事故星期二发生.目前正值人们不断批评这座世界最大水坝可能造成的环境影响.《期刊摘选》

102. ...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River...

在附近的特拉华河上筑坝的计划《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

103. The labouring people tried their best to dam the river.

劳动人民尽最大努力筑堤防洪.《简明英汉词典》

104. To get even more power out of the flowing water, the government started building dams.

为了从奔流河水中取得更多水力, 政府开始建筑水坝.《期刊摘选》

105. Your willpower is not like a dam that can block the torrent of self-indulgence.

你的意志力不像可以阻止自我放纵的洪流的水坝。

106. They prevented the flood from breaking over the dam.

他们堵住了洪水,不让它淹过堤坝.《简明英汉词典》

107. Beavers build dams and birds make nests.

海理能建造水坝，鸟儿能修筑巢穴。《12年12月考研真题 | 阅读》

108. This paper analyzes protecting ice hazards mechanism of the dam slope diverting slip in Longfengshan Reservoir.

分析了水库坝坡引滑防冰害机理;阐述了龙凤山水库坝坡引滑防冰害措施.《期刊摘选》

109. I'll raise both hands in favour of damming the river.

我举双手赞成拦河筑坝。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

110. The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder.

我第一本完整读过的书是《水坝建造者奇普》。

111. The river would offer power production estimated at 500, 000 kilowatts if a dam were constructed.

如果筑起水坝,这条河就能提供大约50万千瓦的电力.《期刊摘选》

112. The beavers think as they build their dams and their houses.

河狸在修水坝或垒窝的时候也会动脑子.《期刊摘选》

113. A huge dam has been built on the Yangtze River.

长江上建起了一个大型水坝。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

114. The dam was not strong enough to hold the floodwaters.

水坝不够坚固，抵挡不住洪水。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

115. ...the Aswan Dam.

阿斯旺大坝《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

116. Rubber dam allows patients to truly relax and many fall asleep in my chair.

橡皮障可以真正使得病人放松,很多病人甚至能入睡.《期刊摘选》

117. Like an iron bastion, the dam withstood the rushing floodwaters.

大坝好似铜墙铁壁，顶住了洪水的冲击。《新英汉大辞典》

118. The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.

阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河.《简明英汉词典》

119. The dam burst under the weight of water.

大坝在水的巨大压力下溃决了。《牛津词典》

120. An architect, David suggested building a dam to city from flooding.

建筑师大卫提议建一道大水坝抵挡洪水威胁, 但未完工他便被无良老板辞去.《期刊摘选》

实用例句

1. It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has fallen over a dam cannot be brought back again.

VOA : special.2009.05.10

2. Bourke-White took pictures of those people C at the dam,in the rooms where they lived, and in the places where they had fun.

VOA : special.2009.05.17

3. Do they seem concerned that this dam may collapse and flood many large cities?

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4. And if the distance between the wall and the dam was large in comparison to the wavelength then what happens?

如果水槽壁,和屏障之间的距离,大于波长,会导致什么？固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

5. The company said 1, 400 properties will have to be expropriated to build the dam.

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6. Activists and opposition groups said fighters were guarding the dam's entrances and exits in Raqa province.

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7. If this distance is large in comparison to the wavelength, this dam simply casts a shadow.

如果这个距离,比波长更长，水槽中的屏障就会投下阴影。固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

8. Residents downstream from a dam on the Tangipahoa River have been ordered to evacuate Thursday afternoon.

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9. My platoon would assault the main building and clear miles of tunnels underneath the dam.

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10. As you can see, I work here in the Macombs Dam Park where the track is at.

正如你所看到的，我在这里的梅可姆公园工作，那条小路就在那儿。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 在梅可姆公园

11. It said it would delay plans to expand its Olympic Dam mine in Australia.

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12. Before he was president, Mister Hoover worked for many years to make the construction of the dam possible.

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13. One resident we interviewed said he had first heard talk of a dam forty years ago.

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14. More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst.

七十余人在此次决堤导致的洪水中丧生。

15. Wivenhoe Dam's completion

威文霍大坝的竣工

16. For all we know, there may be delayed-action bombs in the dam.

据我们所知，水坝里可能装有定时炸弹。

17. Visitors to Hoover Dam drive on a small road that passes Lake Mead.

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18. And it is along these lines that the campaign to stop the Yusufeli dam continues.

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19. In nineteen eighteen, a man named Arthur Davis proposed building a dam to control the Colorado River.

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20. For example, you could put a dam in the middle of the tank.

举个例子,在水槽中间放个屏障。固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

21. The last was a home run which broke the dam and led to the victory!

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22. Visitors leave the great dam with an understanding of how difficult the project was.

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23. As it now stands, it is unlikely this dam will be constructed on schedule.

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24. Following several campaigns, some European financial backers have withdrawn their support for the dam.

CNN: Preservation vs. progress in Turkey's eco-haven

25. Mr Zeidan thanked the Egyptian authorities for their "judicial co-operation" over Mr Gaddaf al-Dam.

BBC: Gaddafi cousin Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam arrested in Egypt

26. The official name of the Hoover Dam bypass is the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

VOA : special.2010.10.27

27. Reports said the dam on the Euphrates River in the country's north was still operational.

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28. He said the dam should be built in an area called Boulder Canyon on the border between the states of Arizona and Nevada.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

29. Workers built a town called Boulder City to house employees working on the dam.

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30. Men who worked at night on the dam suffered less, but the heat was still as high as thirty degrees Celsius.

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31. There are also still environmental issues, albeit much less drastic than with a traditional dam.

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32. It was agreed this could be more easily done with the aid of a dam.

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33. They built a large road from Boulder City to the area of the dam.

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34. India's dam will divert some of the river down a 22km (14-mile) mountain tunnel to turbines.

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35. The central government of Vietnam plans to build a dam nearby to generate electricity.

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36. plans to build a dam on the River Danube

在多瑙河上修建水坝的计划

37. We built the transcontinental railroad, the Interstate Highway System, the Hoover Dam, Grand Central Station.

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38. Men in two special factories worked day and night to make the concrete building material for the dam.

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39. Workers called "high scalers" were some of the first to begin building the dam.

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40. At the time, it was the largest and tallest dam in the world.

VOA : special.2009.03.04

41. The valves from the dam system are being shut down from Friday until Monday.

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42. That overtakes the second-place Three Gorges Dam, which cost a mere 203.9 billion yuan.

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43. They enter a special visitors' center to learn about the dam and the men who built it.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

44. She wanted to tell the story of the people behind the industry: In this case, the people who were building the dam.

VOA : special.2009.05.17

45. Workers also used more than twenty million kilograms of steel to strengthen the concrete in the dam.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

46. This had to be done so the floor of the dam could be built.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

47. No tribal lands will be flooded to build the dam, if it indeed gets built.

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48. Today,visitors can see a statue of the men who worked as high scalers to build Hoover Dam.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

49. It was a picture of a new dam being built in the western state of Montana.

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50. But that is a third of the area that the original dam would have inundated.

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51. Since 2009, Cameron has been involved in efforts to derail approval of the dam.

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52. Rotherham Borough Council says the risk that the Ulley dam could be breached has "significantly reduced".

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53. Many visitors say they thought the name of the huge structure was Boulder Dam.

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54. Many others were injured. The Hoover Dam is two hundred twenty-one meters tall.

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55. They pointed out that this dam was actually built in the 1980s under Saddam Hussein.

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56. Or take the Aswan High Dam in Egypt, an unmitigated disaster, according to ecologists.

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57. The small shapes of two men at the bottom showed the dam's huge size.

VOA : special.2009.05.17

58. We got 30mm at the dam wall but nothing much in the catchment.

我们的堤坝上降水量为30毫米，但贮水池却没能收集多少水。

59. It has now put a break in the dam to control drainage around the site.

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60. It is also building a dam and handing out scholarships to young Afghan students.

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61. During the Great Depression, America built the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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62. They had used almost four million cubic meters of concrete in the dam.

VOA : special.2009.08.12

63. Instead, he threw in his lot with the anti-dam lobby and was duly re-elected.

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64. The government wants this dam as bad as some indigenous groups and nearby residents do not.

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65. Engineers decided the rock would provide a good strong support for the proposed dam.

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