Cement, steel, even sand are becoming pricier, and engineers are in short supply.

水泥，钢材，甚至沙子都更贵了，而且工程师短缺。

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In the centre of the capital and the neighbouring towns the buildings are too often made of weak concrete, cut with sand and lacking the steel rods that would fortify them against shocks.

首都中心以及周边城镇的建筑都由一些劣质的混凝土与沙混合组成，缺乏用来加固建筑以防地震的钢筋。

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A course material used in blast cleaning, such as sand, steel shot, glass beads or plastics.

用于喷抛清理一种流动材料，例如砂子、钢丸、玻璃珠或塑胶制品。

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Their answers ranged from steel to sand.

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There are said to be more than 156 kilometers of double track checker plate steel creating drivable roads in the sand and more than 4, 000 hollow steel floating pontoons supporting 18 temporary bridges spanning the Ganga and Yamuna.

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It kicks off with a beach party and culminates with a Caribbean-style Fat Tuesday of dinner, dancing and a live steel band on a white sand beach.

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