The city is dissected by a network of old canals.

古老的运河网将这座城市分割开来。

She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.

她想坐驳船游览法国的运河。

The arrival of canals was of great value to many industries.

运河的出现对许多行业具有重大的意义。

Later, canals came to bring new prosperity, and then the railways.

后来，运河带来了新的繁荣，然后是铁路。

The lines were thought to have been a system of canals that had been built to irrigate the surface.

这些管道被认为是为灌溉地表而修建的运河系统。

Up to 90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outnumbering the 55,000 permanent residents.

每天有多达9万名游客挤在这里的街道和运河上，远远超过5.5万名永久居民的数量。

Up to 90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day — far outnumbering the 55,000 permanent residents.

每天有多达9万名游客聚集在这里的街道和运河上，数量远远超过了5.5万名常住居民。

Because there's not a lot of room between the canals, that's why they're so steep when you walk up these things.

由于运河之间的陆地空间狭小，这就解释了为何你上楼时会觉得很陡峭。

It was this that made the organization of irrigation, particularly the building of canals to channel and preserve the water, essential.

正是这点使得灌溉的统筹，特别是建造运河以疏导和保护水，变得至关重要。

Boats could carry heavy weights, but canals could not cross hilly terrain; turnpikes could cross the hills, but the roadbeds could not stand up under great weights.

船可以运载重物，但运河不能穿越丘陵地带；高速公路可以翻山越岭，但路基承受不了巨大的重量。

Improvements in road construction and sailing had occurred, but shipping heavy freight over land remained expensive, even with the use of rivers and canals wherever possible.

道路设施以及航海技术都有所改进，但是即使在可以利用河流和运河的地方，船运重型货物到陆地的费用仍然很高。

The companies building the canals to transport coal needed surveyors to help them find the coal deposits worth mining as well as to determine the best courses for the canals.

修建运河运输煤炭的公司需要测量员帮助他们找到值得开采的煤矿，并确定运河的最佳路线。

The city is criss-crossed with canals.

这座城市里运河纵横交错。

In fact, it's not one canal, but a system of canals and rivers linked together.

事实上，它不是一条运河，而是一个由多条运河和河流相连的系统。

They learned about the difficulties we faced, and later, canals and other projects began to be built in my village, "Who are they?" I asked.

他们了解了我们面临的困难，后来，运河和其他工程开始在我的村庄建设，“他们是谁？”我问。

Hundreds of miles of drainage canals were built in the wetlands.

湿地上修建了数百英里的排水沟渠。

The government is planning to invest billions in a system of canals, pipelines and aqueducts to divert water from the soggy south to the parched north.

政府正在计划投资几十亿建一个由水渠、水管和高架水道构成的系统，将水从潮湿的南方转调到干旱的北方。

A set of radial canals lead to this result.

一组径向运河导致了这一结果。

Canals have been built to take water to the desert.

开掘渠道把水引进沙漠。

But what you have are these canals.

当时他们开凿了这些运河。

The canals were used to transport goods.

这些运河被用来运送货物。

CANAL Canals have been built to take water to the desert.

建造运河是用来将水运送到沙漠。

Large towns and extensive irrigation canals were abandoned.

大城镇和大量的灌溉渠被遗弃。

The charm of canals lies in their survival in the face of irrelevance.

运河的魅力在于它面临其地位可有可无的时候竟然幸存下来。

Cross over canals and pass by smaller palaces and other classical structures.

穿过运河并经过较小的皇宫以及其他的古典建筑物。

Irrigation canals, roads, Bridges and electricity networks have been damaged.

灌溉运河，道路，桥梁和电力网络都被破坏。

Now canals are places where you go to walk the dog while worrying about muggers.

现在运河成了你去遛狗还得担心会出现歹徒的地方。

Saw these pretty white birds relaxing in one of the canals near Hamburg Rathaus.

看看这些美丽的白天鹅在汉堡市政厅边上的一个小河里玩耍。