sinkhole 英 ['sɪŋkhəʊl]  

sinkhole

sinkhole  英 ['sɪŋkhəʊl]

n. 污水坑;排水口;阴沟口 

名词复数:sinkholes 

That means leaking pipes could have gone unfixed long enough to create the right conditions for the sinkhole. 也就是说泄漏的下水管道长期得不到维护,为这种天坑的形成创造了先决条件。
"It's more than a coincidence, especially if they trace" any faulty pipes associated with the 2010 sinkhole to pipes near the 2007 sinkhole. 这超出了巧合范畴,尤其是如果跟踪调查2010年深坑相关故障管道与2007年深坑周边管道的话。

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  • n. 污水坑;排水口;阴沟口
  • 1. That means leaking pipes could have gone unfixed long enough to create the right conditions for the sinkhole.

    也就是说泄漏的下水管道长期得不到维护,为这种天坑的形成创造了先决条件。

  • 2. "It's more than a coincidence, especially if they trace" any faulty pipes associated with the 2010 sinkhole to pipes near the 2007 sinkhole.

    这超出了巧合范畴,尤其是如果跟踪调查2010年深坑相关故障管道与2007年深坑周边管道的话。

  • 3. After a disastrous initial decision to dribble some of it into the sinkhole of Western financial firms, China has settled on a different overseas target: natural resources.

    在首次决定向西方金融公司这些无底洞投钱证明是无比糟糕之后,中国已选择了另一海外目标:自然资源。

  • sinkhole (n.) also sink-hole, mid-15c., "sewage pit," from sink (n.) + hole (n.). As a geological phenomenon, "hole made in the earth in limestone regions by underground erosion," 1780, from sink (v.).
sink·hole / ˈsɪŋkhəʊl ; NAmE ˈsɪŋkhoʊl / ( also ˈswallow hole ) noun ( geology ) a large hole in the ground that a river flows into, created over a long period of time by water that has fallen as rain 落水洞(在地面下,雨水长期渗落形成) sink·hole / ˈsɪŋkhəʊl ; NAmE ˈsɪŋkhoʊl /
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