With the Min's destructive flow tamed, thousands of acres of marshland were transformed into the nation's granary, all of it nourished by a plentiful supply of diverted river water.

后来于岷江多次的灾害性洪水在都江堰的导流和疏通下，将几千亩曾经的不毛之地变成了国家的粮仓。

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The destructive Wenchuan Earthquake induced massive landslide, collapse, debris flow and other geological disasters.

汶川大地震地动山摇，引发了大量的滑坡、崩塌、泥石流等地质灾害。

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Anything that limited the free flow of ideas and learning was destructive, Welch said, and he spent two decades taking aim at GE's bureaucratic ways.

韦尔奇说，任何事物只要限制创意与学习的自由流通，都是具有破坏性的。他花了二十多年的时间来对准通用电气公司的官僚习气开火。

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At the same time, this exercise in credit allocation (the housing market is getting some help here, too) is depriving small and medium-size businesses of a reliable flow of credit, which, in turn, is having increasingly destructive results on growth, innovation and job creation.

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Like a lava flow, taking a haircut on your municipal bonds even one position is destructive.

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Inflation is a destructive distorter. it fuels speculation and hoarding, as well as misdirects investment into normally uneconomic activities or stops the flow of productive investment altogether as people and businesses clutch their cash.

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