Over the years the lake began growing over and on its site developed gigantic marshy ground, a self-sustained reservoir which can feed itself just with rainfalls.

多年以来，湖泊开始越来越多，并在其基础上侵占着巨大沼泽地面，自我维持的水库，单凭着降雨就足以维系。

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Countries will feed off each other's growth, boosting confidence among businesses and consumers, leading to a self-sustaining recovery.

各国将依托彼此的增长，增加企业和消费者的信心，推动可自我持续的复苏。

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SOM say they could have coaxed the building to produce more energy but it would have been futile because there's no facility in Guangzhou to feed self-generated power back into the grid.

SOM表示，他们还可以让这个大楼产生更多的能源，但是因为在广州的没有对应的送电上电网的设置，所以没有这样做。

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This is the result of my unwillingness to provide publicity to those who really have nothing to offer of a serious nature and only stand to profit by those who buy into their self aggrandizement and feed the beast by giving it media attention of any kind.

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This creates a self-sustaining negative feed back loop as prices fall, produces cut back production, creating more unemployment, reducing demand, which increase deflationary pressures.

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Unlike other recycling centers where you have to feed items into a machine one by one, self-contained Reimagine units accept bottles and cans in bulk.

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