a dam

The villagers were displaced for [ by ] the construction of a dam.

为建造水坝而将村民迁走.

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。

The water stored behind a dam has free energy.

蓄在水闸内的水具有自由能.

Modern China's founding father, Sun Yat-sen , proposed a dam in 1919.

现代中国的奠基人 孙中山 早在1919年就曾设想过建造长江大坝.

A dam is under construction.

水坝在建筑中.

Uplift is the upward pressure under a dam.

上浮压力指的是在坝体下面向上作用的压力.

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。

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。

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.

So thehorizontal displacements of a dam are normal as a whole.

因此,大坝水平位移变化总体上正常.

The construction of a dam influences downstream channel stability in two ways.

水坝的建设在两个方面影响下游河道的稳定.

They have decided to build a dam across the river.

他们决定在这条河上建一座水坝.

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.

A dam burst and flooded their villages.

堤坝决口，淹没了他们的村庄。

Water in a reservoir is pouring over a dam.

水库中的水流过坝.