dams

I have been a vocal critic of big dams that are built mindlessly, but I believe it would be a mistake to halt all dam construction.

我对那些草率决定的水坝计划，向来都会直言批评；但我也相信，终止所有的水坝兴建是一项错误。

"Chinese hydro dams will be affected as well . . . several projects are being requested for review for exactly the same reasons, " he said.

他说：“中国的水电项目也会受影响……有些项目被要求接受审核的理由完全相同。”

Most of the existing irrigation and water supply dams, which are referred to as rural dams, are earth dams with a height of less than 15 m.

大多数用于灌溉和供水的坝为高度小于15m的土坝，并称之为乡村坝。

Blocking floods by means of dams and dikes was not enough, that was the lesson he drew from his father's failure.

筑堤坝堵水是不够的，这是他从父亲的失败中吸取的教训。

Thousands of dams built since the mid-19th century have "completely altered the planet's terrestrial plumbing, " he said.

他说：自19世纪中叶以来修建的几千座水坝已经“彻底改变了地球的地表径流。”

Thankfully, dams constructed in the last decade on the Kazakh side seem to be leading to a partial recovery.

值得庆幸的是，在过去十年里在哈萨克斯坦那边所建的大坝似乎将有部分回复原貌。

Still, Ms. Wang said, the statement was a potentially valuable weapon in the fight against future big dams.

但汪永晨说，国务院声明可能会成为将来反对修建大坝的一个宝贵武器。

China already counts more dams within its borders than any other country. It has paid a huge price for this development.

中国在其边境之内已经建设了数量比任何国家都多的大坝，并为这种开发付出巨大的代价。

From an orbit 217 kilometres above the earth, it is possible to see highways, airports, bridges, dams and even large vehicles.

在距地球217公里的轨道处，人们可以看到高速公路、机场、桥梁、水坝甚至于大型的交通工具。

China's reliance on hydropower maybe be coming back to haunt it. The reason: in an age of global warming, dams are running dry.

中国依赖水电的步伐可能会受阻。原因是在全球变暖的年代里，水坝可能会逐渐干涸。

The work could improve understanding of the safety of dams, waste storage sites, or anywhere else fluid might be seeping through the ground.

这项成果可能提高对堤坝、废品储藏室或其他任何流体可以通过地面渗出的地方安全的理解。

Granular material is the main material of embankment dams and is one of the major study objectives of soil mechanics.

粗粒土是土石坝的主要筑坝材料，也是土力学的主要研究对象之一。

Proper, scientific study of the impacts of dams and of the cost and benefits of controlling water can help to resolve these conflicts.

对于水坝的影响作用、水坝控制水流的成本和收益进行恰当而科学的研究能够有助于解决这些冲突。

The WCD was an independent, international, multi- stakeholder process which addressed the controversial issues associated with large dams.

世界水坝委员会是个独立的，国际间的，多投资人的组织，关注与大水坝有关的争议性问题。

If dams cannot be removed, then they should be equipped with eel ladders to help juvenile eels travel upstream.

如果大坝非建不可，就应该装备一条留给鳗鱼幼仔洄游河流上游的途径。

There would be a compromise: 3 smaller dams would produce energy as well and spare most of the agricultural lands and people's homes.

也许会有这样一种妥协：用三个小水坝满足农地和居民日常生活的能量所需。

You are usually sent as part of a team to help build schools, community centres, houses, bridges, dams or latrines.

你们往往可以作为队伍的一部分去参加学校、交流中心、房屋、桥梁、大坝或厕所的建设。

A conservationists eyes sparkle as he recalls building dams on Strawberry Creel in the California of his youth.

一位环保员回忆他年轻时在加利福尼亚草莓溪筑水坝的经历时，双眼熠熠闪光。

The Salween is so far the longest free-flowing river in Southeast Asia despite having many efforts to construct dams in its basin.

萨尔温江是迄今为止在东南亚最长的自由流动的河流，尽管各国努力在它的盆地建设大坝。

Many governments are at least thinking in terms of dams and co-operation.

许多国家的政府至少还是考虑修建大坝、实施合作的。