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他们在探测河水的深度。用英语怎么说？

他们在探测河水的深度。

They were sounding the river.

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they were sounding the river

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；
例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；
例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

sounding

n. 探通术；v. （使）发出声音，响( sound的现在分词 )，发（音），试探，探测；
例句
All these definitions, while sounding impressive, do not stand up under close scrutiny...
所有这些定义虽然听上去煞有其事，但都经不起推敲。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；
例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

river

n. 河，江，溪，巨流；
例句
...a licence to abstract water from the River Axe...
从阿克斯河中抽水的许可证
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He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake.
他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。
...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打儿子的,是恨恶他;疼爱儿子的, 趁早管教.
For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切尔女男爵的主张在很多人看来是可信的。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收获。
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索权当有支付义务的第一方不能支付时，可以向商业票据的背书人要求支付的权力。
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Let’s be brutally honest about this: you haven’t a hope of succeeding.
虽然有点儿残忍，但老实说，你没有成功的希望。
I've forgotten his name—will you remind me of it?
我忘记了他的名字——请提醒我一下好吗?
When our trainer stopped speaking,there were a few dutiful cheers.
当我们的教练说完的时候,底下是一些例行的欢乐呼声。
I suggest to propose a toast to our friendship.
我建议为我们的友谊干杯。
The chairman was quite affable at the meeting.
主席在会议上非常和蔼可亲。
Anne is a passionate girl.
安妮是个多情的女孩。
The ship plies between London and Sydney.
这船常航行于伦敦与悉尼之间。
The stranger looked around him with great interest.
那陌生人怀着极大的兴趣看着他的四周。
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
即使无害的物质在药物测试中有时也会呈阳性。
The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.
随着夜越来越深, 喧闹声逐渐沉寂。