The hope is that China's main military aim is to have control of the waters round its coasts, and thus to keep other countries away from its maritime borders.

人们所希望的是，中国的主要军事目标是获得对其海岸附近水域的控制权，并因此将其他国家阻挡在该国海洋边界之外。

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The explosion on the rig caused a well leak that the company couldn't control — it took 86 days and several failed attempts to stop the crude from hemorrhaging into Gulf waters.

平台爆炸引起原油大量外泄，致使BP无法控制——为了阻止原油大量流入墨西哥湾海域，公司用了整整86天时间进行各种尝试，其间数次努力未果。

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Guidance covers such aspects as the control of irrigation waters, cooling and storage and correct washing of hands by consumers.

该项指导涵盖了对灌溉用水、冷却和贮存的控制和消费者做到正确洗手等方面。

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It tried to control not only North Africa, but the waters of the Mediterranean in the west entirely.

它不仅仅想控制北非,甚至想把地中海西部也据为己有

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We can appreciate this view as we see oil spewing out of control in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and how the two just do not distill.

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The control group may be muddying the waters further, because it survived longer than the researchers would have expected based on past studies.

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National or local control to be established over our own waters through "zonal management, coastal management or in some other way".

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