In spit of an extreme lack of water, the water used in agriculture is often wasted enormously.

在水资源严重不足的同时，又存在农业用水大量浪费的现象。

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That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food.

加州卡斯特罗谷的劳拉·麦克休就是这么做的，当时有人打电话告诉她，她当时13岁的儿子在另一个男孩的食物里吐口水。

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He wondered whether any of the bacteria in spit would work instead.

他就想唾液中的细菌不知道会不会有用。

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The explosive debut spit in the face of the perception surrounding the Mets' outfield, an outlook that was made worse by the Mets' failure to sign free-agent Michael Bourn.

WSJ: For a Day, Mets Find Answers

Harvey Cedars, a narrow spit of sand in the northern part of the barrier Long Beach Island, has been battling with oceanfront homeowners for years over permission to construct protective sand dunes.

WSJ: Dunes vs. property rights in storm-battered NJ

Wine critics swirl, sniff, sip, slurp and spit scores of wines in a single sitting.

FORBES: 2009 Bordeaux Is Great? Pass.