The soldiers were digging trenches.

士兵们(那时)正在挖战壕。

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Under a blazing sun, farmers were digging trenches in Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday to stop wildfires in nearby forests and peat bogs from advancing on their land.

周日，下诺夫哥罗德，农民正在烈日下挖沟，阻挡来自附近森林和泥炭沼的山火，蔓延到自己的耕地。

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The Paris metro is considering digging anti-suicide trenches or fitting warning radar in its 380 stations in an effort to reduce the number of people who try to kill themselves on the network.

为了尽可能防止在地铁线路上发生自杀事件，巴黎地铁管理部门目前正在考虑在其所辖的380个车站内采取挖掘防自杀壕沟及安装预警雷达等应对措施。

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Eircom would cut its work force by outsourcing a lot of what it had been doing, such as digging trenches and laying cables.

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Eduardo had a year in the army, digging trenches in the unlikely event that with war nearing its end the Germans would invade.

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They worked 14-hour days, seven days a week - six days producing munitions in the factory and the seventh digging trenches for the approaching front.

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