This "top" is meant to get enough mud into the well to stop the flow of oil (see illustration below).

这次“封顶”是是往井内灌入大量泥浆，堵住原油的涌出(见下面的图解)。

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This "top kill" was meant to get enough mud into the pipes to seal the well and stop the flow of oil.

这种“灭顶法”是一种为了封闭油井，阻止油漏而将足够的重液打入管道的方法。

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"You have to get into the mud," said Narendar Dalal, who at 27 is the oldest wrestler at this camp.

“(作为摔跤手)，你就得往污泥里跳。” 27岁的Narendar Dalal说道，他是训练营中最老的队员。

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Liberal Republicans did not like to get into the political mud.

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"The bottom-line takeaway message that I got from the report is that a company can work hard on privacy issues and still get dragged into the mud, " Cutts wrote.

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