While Houston did not take the brunt of the storm the way Galveston did, Ike did knock out the city's water pumping systems, and that was sufficient to threaten the whole health-care system.

虽然休斯敦并未像加尔维斯顿那样受到风暴的正面袭击，但“埃克”仍旧摧毁了该市的抽水系统，其破坏程度足以对整个卫生保健系统造成威胁。

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The dynamic analysis of hydraulic pumping systems was carried out in this paper by using the theory of mechanical vibrations.

应用机械振动理论，对液压抽油机系统的动力特性进行了分析。

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Used in pumping systems to protect equipment from damaging pressure surges or waves caused by rapid changes of flow within the pipeline.

用在泵系统上，保护设备不会受到由于管线内流量变化而产生的压力波动或起伏的破坏。

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An independent review into the 2007 floods said Yorkshire Water had ignored repeated warnings about the state of its drainage and pumping systems.

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This idea has been proposed to the State of California as a way to temporarily and quickly address water disruptions caused by a disaster that affects the water-delivery systems of the Delta, such as an earthquake that destroys levees, disrupts flow patterns, or damages pumping systems.

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The EU is committed to many different storage systems: flywheels, batteries, water pumping, etc.

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