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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- embankment
[ɪm'bæŋkmənt]
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noun
[of road]
[ railway]
[ river]
堤
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- embankment
[ɪm'bæŋkmənt]
[ɪm'bæŋkmənt]
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1.
noun
筑堤（工程），填土，填方
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2.
noun
堤；路堤；土堤
Collins English-English Dictionary
- embankment
[ɪm'bæŋkmənt]
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n
a man-made ridge of earth or stone that carries a road or railway or confines a waterway - See also levee
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embankment
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堤防工程
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dyke building; embankment project
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堤防
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dyke; embankment
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坝基一定要在洪汛期到来之前加固好。
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The embankment must be reinforced before the flood season.
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他们拉着手在坝子上边走边说。
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Hand in hand, they talked while walking along the embankment.
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这条河边的堤垸是今年刚修好的。
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The embankment along this river was just finished this year.
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雨季前夕，我们要加固河坝。
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We should reinforce the river embankment before the wet season.
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乡里聘请工程队修筑圩堤，保护庄稼。
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The county employed a construction brigade to mend the embankment on the low-lying land so as to protect the crops.
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洪峰到来之前，全县人民都投入到了子堤的建设中。
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Before the flood came, all the people in the county devoted themselves to the construction of the embankment.
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