a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan

The Jordan River was at its flood stage and overflowing its banks.

这个季节是收割的日子， 约但河水涨起来，涨过两岸。

The natural geographic boundaries for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, respectively.

巴勒斯坦地区的自然边界西岸和加沙地区分别是约旦河和地中海。

Pressure on the Dead Sea also comes from two nations full of thirsty people, who remove large amounts of water from the Jordan River and other inflows to use for drinking and agriculture.

死海的压力也来自两国饑渴的人民，工厂从约旦河提取了大量的水，而后者需要水来引用和发展农业。

The parents would then remind themselves and teach their children how God had opened up the Jordan River for them to cross on dry land.

他们的父母就会记起，并告诉他们的孩子，神怎样使约但河的水断绝， 成为干地， 使以色列人可以过河。

The proposition that a complex tenth-century B.C. society may have existed on either side of the Jordan River has thrown Finkelstein's vision of the David and Solomon era squarely on the defensive.

结构复杂的公元前10世纪社会可能曾经存在于约旦河沿岸的命题明确压过了芬克尔斯坦关于大卫和所罗门时代的构想。

This initiative has assisted the Jordan River Foundation (JRF), a nonprofit organization the queen founded in 1995, in significantly improving the quality of life for Jordanian women.

这一举措已经帮助王后在1995年建立了一个非营利性机构- - -约旦河基金(JRF)。这个机构大大提高了约旦妇女的生活质量。

A mountainous region of ancient Palestine east of the Jordan River in what is now northwest Jordan.

古巴勒斯坦一山脉，位于约旦河东岸，即现在约旦的西北部。

The Jordan River is the chief source of the incoming water, but since the 1960s much of its water has been diverted for irrigation.

约旦河是进水的主要来源，但自从60年代，大部分的水已被改用于灌溉。

An environmental group on Wednesday called for a halt to baptisms in the Jordan River where tradition holds that Jesus was baptized, saying the waters there were dangerously polluted.

本周三，一个环保组织要求停息约旦河战火。这个传说耶稣受洗礼的神圣之地，现在河水遭到十分严重的污染。

An environmental group is urging a halt to baptisms in the Jordan River because the waters are so polluted.

一个环保组织正在呼吁人们不要再在约旦河洗礼，因为约旦河水被严重污染了。

7after six years of drought, measuring sticks are useless at the Ziglab Dam in Jordan, built to catch water flowing west into the Jordan River for irrigation.

6年的干旱后，约旦Ziglab大坝的水位量尺显然失去了意义，该水库的建成是为了截留向西流入约旦河的水以用于灌溉。