水坝的英文：
dam

The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.
水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。

A body of water controlled by such a barrier.
由水坝或堰控制的水.

Such weirs were called staunch.
这种堰称之为拦水坝。

The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.
阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河水。

The dam gave way; it was not strong enough to hold the flood waters.
水坝崩塌了，它不够坚固，挡不住洪水。

The dam harnesses the energy of the river.
水坝利用河流的能量。

The dam was too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
水坝不够牢固，抵挡不住水上涨的压力。

The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。

Large dams have harmed Siberia's delicate ecological balance.
大型水坝对西伯利亚脆弱的生态平衡造成了破坏。

An irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
有水坝、水库和水渠的灌溉系统

The stream was dammed up.
这溪流被坝堵住了。

The old Aswan dam was a barrage.
老的阿斯旺坝是一个拦河闸。

Saboteurs dynamited the dam.
破坏者炸毁了堤坝。

This notwithstanding, the dam is still the highest concrete arch dam in the world.
尽管如此，这座大坝依然是世界上最高的混凝土拱坝。

The dam can withhold the pressure of the water.
大坝可以阻挡水的压力。