He spent money like water.

他花钱跟流水似的。

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These additives are released from water by daily actions like water running out of faucets, splashing in dishwashers and washing machines.

这些添加剂是通过日常活动从水中释放出来的，例如水从水龙头中流出、在洗碗机和洗衣机内溅起水花。

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The storage of sensible heat, on the other hand, allows flexibility as to temperature; in addition, safe substances like water and most rocks have large sensible heat capacities.

另一方面，感热的储存允许温度有一定的灵活性。此外，水和大多数岩石等安全物质具有较大的感热容。

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Criticism falls off her like water off a duck's back.

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Another is that we learned a lot of things about engineering of public systems, like water supplies.

另一个原因是,我们懂得了有关公共系统知识,比如供水系统

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You're going to have to know when you describe the system, if your system is homogeneous, like your coffee with milk in it, or heterogeneous like water with an ice cube in it So heterogeneous means that you've got different phases in your system.

你要知道,当你描述一个系统时，你的系统是均匀的呢，像掺了牛奶的咖啡，那样还是非均匀的，像放了冰块的水,非均匀系统就是说,在你的系统中有不同的相存在。

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They make the world one, and capital, like water, tends to a common level.

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In fact, coconut water tastes a bit metallic, like water that comes from a garden hose.

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All these examples illustrate the general rule that capital, like water, tends to flow around obstacles.

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