with one of these coins she would buy a sweet from an indian shopkeeper. with the other, she would buy potable water from a kiosk.
她会用一个硬币从一个印度人开的小店里买颗糖,另一个呢,她会从小售货亭买瓶水。
he contended this month that shougang had carried out projects to improve the quality of life in the town, like providing potable water to many residents.
另外,他也表态说,从这个月开始,首钢公司将开始执行一些新举措,以改善矿区城镇居民的生活质量,例如为许多居民提供饮用水。
「 camel mother, said: 」this is called hump, you can help us save a lot of water and nutrients, so that we can tolerate more than a dozen in the desert day of potable water without conditions.
骆驼妈妈说:「这个叫驼峰,可以帮我们储存大量的水和养分,让我们能在沙漠里耐受十几天的无水无食条件。」
the group has already received funds to replace the corroded iron pipes that deliver potable water into their homes with plastic tubes.
这个组织已经接受了一笔资金,用于以塑料管道替换被腐蚀的铁质饮用水管道。
the use of rainwater and low-flow plumbing fixtures will reduce potable water consumption by 68 percent.
雨水和低流量管路装置可以将饮用水需求减少68%。
droughts can decrease the availability of potable water and can ruin crops, making food scarce.
干旱可能减少饮用水的供应,并可以毁掉庄稼,造成食物稀缺。
they supply the energy for a submersible pump that pumps the water up from a well that is 105 feet deep and for a small desalination unit that satisfies farmers「 potable water requirements.
将产生的电能给安放在潜入105英尺的井中的水泵供电取水,再将水通过一个小的脱盐单元便可以满足农民饮用水的需求。
a girl receives a container of potable water from a soldier in the landslide affected alto floresta neighborhood in nova friburgo, brazil on jan. 19, 2011. (ap photo/felipe dana)
在山体滑坡影响的阿尔托斯塔,女孩从士兵手中接过一盆饮用水,新弗里堡附近,巴西,20110119(apphoto/felipedana)
potable water is often in high demand and short supply following a natural disaster like the haiti earthquake or hurricane katrina.
自然灾害(诸如海地地震和卡特娜飓风)过后便捷水往往供不应求。
the photo at right, taken on feb. 2, 2010, shows similar methods for acquiring and distributing potable water that were in use immediately after the disaster.
而右图拍摄于2010年2月2日,则是在地震之后,采取类似的方式给居民分发能够立刻使用的饮用水。
「there is a big need for this sort of technology in places lacking connectivity to a power grid and where potable water is in short supply, 」 he said.
「这些缺少电网、饮用水短缺的地方非常需要这样一种技术,」他说,“因为铝是一种廉价安全的金属,是地球上含量最丰富的第三大金属。
today there」s data processing, food services, showers, potable water services, transportation.
而现在有了数据处理,食物救济,沐浴设施,饮用水服务,以及运输工作。
the highest market price for potable water today is reflected in an art object.
市场上最贵的饮用水的价格体现在一件美术工艺品上。
nearly half of the water used by uk homes for garden irrigation and flushing is mains potable water – treated at great ecological and fiscal expense.
英国家庭用来灌溉庭院和沖洗的水中有几乎一半的水是可饮用的水,这些饮用水有着极大的生态价值并且花费了很多的财政开支。