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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.

相关词汇
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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a misty December morning
12月一个雾蒙蒙的早晨
He began to feel sick as soon as the ship started to move.
船一启动他就开始呕吐。
herbivorous animals
食草的动物
John is going to marry Mary.
约翰将要和玛丽结婚。
I left my watch at home and I feel lost without it.
我把手表落在家里了，没有了手表感觉魂不守舍。
I predicted their getting into trouble.
我料到他们会倒霉。
They boxed the furniture.
他们把家具装入箱内。
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阴谋的温床
By Heaven! It's raining at last!
天哪!终于下雨了!
It was on Sunday that an American friend of mine came to see me.
那个星期天, 我的一个美国朋友来看我。