The effort to avoid using fresh water and land that's used for food "should be applauded," says Mark Schrock, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering at Kansas State University.

堪萨斯州立大学生物和农业工程教授马克施洛克说，不耗费淡水，不占用种植粮食的土地来生产生物燃料的举措应该得到赞扬。

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However, in scientific and engineering applications where you're not sure if the calculation will land on an integer, you need to be a lot more careful.

不过，在科学和工程应用方面(您不能确定计算的结果是否为整数)，则需要加倍小心。

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In the engineering construction in traditional technology of clay brick wall is one of main material form, and, to some extent, waste of land resources.

在工程建筑的传统工艺中粘土砖是墙体构成的主要材料之一，在一定程度上浪费了土地资源。

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States were to sell the land and use the money to establish colleges to teach agriculture, engineering and military science.

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"Hopewell misjudged the speed of major civil engineering construction in China, the complexities of land acquisition and budgeting, " says Michael Green of Nomura Research Institute.

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Once all the engineering, accounting and legal obstacles are cleared away, the land is scoured for possible archaeological remains.

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