Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

酗酒的人替自己辩的劲头绝对不输给荷兰人拦海造田的决心。

So we're going to have to start armoring the Mall with larger and larger dikes.

因而我们得开始用越来越大的堤加固国家广场。

What is the dike upon which it is built?

建造它的堤是什么？

They are buried in important dike locations to record and report the movement of dike stones.

它们被埋在堤的重要位置，用和报告石的移动情况。

The storm destroyed dikes along several hundred kilometers of coastline.

风暴摧毁了几百公里海岸线上的堤。

And it's simply not realistic to build dikes along the entire coast.

而且沿着个海岸修建堤是不现实的。

When a storm threatens, densely populated older districts are protected by traditional dikes.

当一场暴雨逼近，人口密集的旧区域会被传统的堤。

They can't build dikes or other flood-protection structures, like we have in Germany and the Netherlands.

他们无法建造堤或其他防洪设施，就像在德国和荷兰所建造的那样。

The country is protected by a system of polders, dikes, and dams — but for how long?

这个国家受到一套由堤防、堤组成的体系的，但能维持多久呢？

Under the " Room for the River" plan, farms and dikes were relocated away from the shore.

在 “河流空间” 方案下，农场和堤被迁移到了远离海岸的地方。

At least 7,000 residents were evacuated after the dike burst.

7000余名居民在决堤中被救援。

Hamburg is building a lot of new dikes.

汉堡正在修建许多新的堤。

During the storm, 200 kilometers of dikes burst — and water levels quickly rose to three-meters.

在这场风暴中，200公里的堤决堤，水位迅速上升到3米。

Efforts to plug the dike breach started on Saturday afternoon, after the water level in the lake went down.

6日下午， 待洞庭湖水位水位下降后，各工作组开始封堵堤决口。

He dreamed vividly about how he walked out of his prison cell, across town, beyond the dikes, towards the shore.

他生动地梦见自己如何走出牢房，穿过城镇，越过堤，走向岸边。

Behind him, he saw footprints in the sand of a beautiful spotless beach that led to the dikes and beyond.

在他身后，他看到一个美丽的一尘不染的海滩上的脚印，通向堤和更远的地方。

The Spaniards never rebuilt the Aztec dams and dikes and replaced them with more familiar streets and public squares instead.

西班牙人从未重建阿兹特克水和堤，而是用更熟悉的街道和公共广场取而代之。

And flood protection requires more than massive dikes.

防洪需要的不仅仅是巨大的堤。

After the dike breach, an embankment considered the second line of defense was threatened on Monday.

团洲垸的决堤代表洞庭湖的“第二道防线”受到威胁。

It's the age-old story of the water boards which preserves the dikes and protects us against the floods.

这是关水板的古老故事，它了堤并我们免受洪水的侵害。