It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has fallen over a dam cannot be brought back again.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

He is simply talking about the parameters of the world he has brought into being. Sidney thinks of it as a kind of magic.

他只是提到了自己造的那个世界的特性,西德尼把这看作是一场魔术。

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The hatta't also does not rid a sinner of their moral impurity, because the offering is brought after the sinner has confessed, after the sinner has repented.

净化祭是无法消除一个罪人的道德不洁的，因为祭品是在罪人坦白后忏悔后，才供上来的。

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A new organization called Pets2Vets has brought these two together.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

This problem has been brought out, I think brilliantly in a recent book by a man named James Bowman, a book called Honor: a History.

这个问题是由一个叫詹姆斯·鲍曼的人,在他最近一本叫,《荣誉：历史》的书里提出来的。

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Barbara Klein has more. The band that brought us one of the best albums of the decade is back with a new CD, It is Green Day's eighth studio album.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

As markets have rallied worldwide, China's move appears to have brought a ripple of hope, in what has been a sea of uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"In fact,there has not been a nominee in several generations who has brought the depth of judicial experience to this job that she offers."

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

About a 45-minute drive north of Vancouver, it has been hit with unseasonably warm temperatures that have brought rain and destroyed much of the existing snow.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

It is also the stronghold of the red-shirt movement, which has brought downtown Bangkok to a halt in two months of protests that have seen repeatedly turned violent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

He said the expulsion is obviously a matter of concern to the United States and a step backward,and that North Korea has only brought upon itself further isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"I think Stars and Stripes goes with the orchestra,goes with the hall and the entire spirit of what the Pops has brought to the American public, principally,but I think because of Fiedler's television and recordings, to a public around the world,as well."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28