1·And as any water saved by irrigators passes down to more junior rights holders, there is little incentive there to adopt technologies which boost water efficiency.
如果灌溉系统节约的水传到了更小权威的持有者,那么对促进节水技术应用就没有那么大的动力了。
2·They say the area will become depended on imported food unless water is saved through methods like Low Till Farming.
他们说,除非通过低耕农业等方法节约用水,否则该地区将变得依赖进口食品。
3·The child who fell into the water was saved by the lifeguard.
那名落水儿童被救生员救了上来。
4·She saved a little girl from falling into the water.
她救下一个眼看要落入水中的小女孩。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·Suffice to say, I've been feeling pretty satisfied with myself for all the drinking water I've saved with these big-ticket projects.
无需多说,我对自己用这些大项目节省下来的饮用水感到非常满意。
6·He not only fought for his own life, but also saved his father's. On that day, Joe and his father Paul were out on their kayak off the coast of Anglesey. Suddenly they noticed that the kayak was starting to fill with water.
他不仅为自己的生命而战,还拯救了他父亲的生命。那天,乔和他的父亲保罗乘着皮艇离开安格尔西岛的海岸。突然,他们发现皮艇进水了。
7·In one minute, you just saved 16% on your water bill and 7, 500 gallons per year.
只需花一分钟,你就能每年节约7,500加仑的水,省下16%的水费。
8·He conducted a similar experiment to establish how much energy was saved by placing a lid on a saucepan when boiling water.
他还进行了一个类似实验,确定烧水时在锅上盖上盖子能节约多少能源。
9·Cut that shower down to 5 minutes and you've saved 20 gallons of water.
如果你只用五分钟就洗好了,那就节约了二十加仑的水。
10·In the us, for example, 627 billion gallons of water, the use of 38 million rooms, and 734 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity would have been saved in 2005 alone if no-one had got divorced.
比如说,在美国,假如2005年没有人离婚,那么当年就能节省6270亿加仑水,3800万处寓所和7340亿千瓦时电。