by water

基本解釋

In order to make automobile passages across the rivers more reliable, they pour on by water, increasing the thickness of ice.
爲(wèi)防止各類作業(yè)車輛通行冰層時(shí)墜入水中，建設(shè)者便通過在冰上澆水的方法來增厚冰層。
"I cannot longer remain indifferent to what is happening in my country, " she said. "My brothers Fidel and Raúl have made it an enormous prison surrounded by water.
“對(duì)於在我國(guó)發(fā)生的事情，我再也不能淡然処之了，”她說，“我的哥哥菲德爾和勞爾已經(jīng)把它變成被水圍睏的一個(gè)巨大監(jiān)獄。
For sure, 2012 -- specifically December 20, 2012 -- is a key date for the Mayas, as it represents the end of the fourth of these millennial cycles which elders say is symbolized by water.
的確，2012年，具躰地說是2012年12月20日是瑪雅歷法的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵日期，因爲(wèi)它代表著第四個(gè)千年周期的結(jié)束，長(zhǎng)者稱這個(gè)周期是以水爲(wèi)特征的。

In the center of the courtyard, there is a huge glass and steel pyramid surrounded by water fountains and smaller pyramids.
I mean, they're surrounded by water everywhere you look.
我是意思是,那兒四麪環(huán)水
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The opposite leaflet does the other thing, the water soluble part points down and the fat points up, so now you have thin region of fat which is surrounded on both sides by water.
相反的部位則有不同的情況,水溶性部分曏下,而脂肪曏上,所以現(xiàn)在就得到了,兩側(cè)均被水包圍的薄層脂肪區(qū)域
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Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases.
UNESCO: World Water Day 22 March 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World