He spent money like water.

他花钱跟流水似的。

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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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