In the eighteen eighties, Ferdinand de Lesseps -- builder of the Suez Canal -- formed a French company to build a waterway across Panama.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

What they mean by that is, if you're a builder and you have this place where you show off your model homes, how many people are coming by to look at your model homes today as potential buyers?

意思就是,如果你是建造商,你有地方展示样板房,预计今天会有多少潜在顾客,来看样板房

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He seemed to be a successful businessman,a ship builder.

他是个成功的商人，一个造船商。

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A famous bridge builder David B.Steinman wrote the poem.

VOA: special.2009.03.04