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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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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Rival mainstream media have been happy to feed off the leaks but then delight in his self-destructive mistakes.

处于竞争面的主流媒体很高兴看到维基关门大吉，然后就是来自其自我毁灭性的失误的兴奋。

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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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With little institutional support in the government, Zhu seems to feed on his own esteemed self-image to keep himself going.

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