The laser, with its beam of strong light, can drill a hole in a diamond, and yet can be so well controlled that it can be used in delicate eye operations.

凭着本身强烈的光束，激光可在钻石上钻一个洞，而且可以被很好地控制，因此能用于精密的眼部手术。

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If that fails, BP will have to try more elaborate measures. It is making preparations to drill another well nearby and thereby relieve pressure on the one that is leaking.

如果救援工作失败，那么BP今后必须采取更为详尽的措施，它正准备在附近钻井，以此减少泄漏处所受到的压力。

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Two years ago, international donors put up money to drill a well.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

When Cabot Oil & Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ago, saying that it might drill a single horizontal well nearby, they weren't worried.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He insists that in the push to drill the well quickly, the drillers lost circulation and got stuck, and had to regroup and drill a sidetrack well.

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What they do is they sign a lease, and then a company comes along eventually and sets up a well and a derrick, and then they drill the well themselves.

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Mr. DAVID SANDAHL (Deputy Mayor, Hopewell Township): If you want water here, you drill a well.

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