In places, the water table is declining at a rate of a meter a year, necessitating the periodic deepening of wells and the use of ever-more-powerful pumps.

在一些地方，水位正以每年一米的速度下降，需要定期加深井并使用更强大的水泵。

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Half a meter is OK in the United States.

在美国，半米是可以的。

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They look like low-lying, white or grey buttes, long, narrow hills with flat tops, barely a meter high.

它们看起来就像低洼的白色或灰色的孤山，又长又窄，山顶平坦，只有一米高的山。

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The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.

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or actually ask the TFs in section to hand out a meter exercise that you can do for next week.

或者是叫助教在课间,发下个星期你们要做的关于节拍的作业。

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You take a material like silver and put it in a glass case and that's the definition of a meter.

你拿某种材料,比如银,把它放进玻璃柜里,那是一米的定义

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Then they hired an engineer to fashion a meter with relay switches and a communications port.

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It has a meter to it, if you know what I mean by that.

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Even many houses right underneath the grid cannot afford connection fees, a meter, and household wiring expenses.

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