It is certainly preferable to dumping wastewater straight into the nearest big river or lake.

比起直接向最近的河流或湖泊直接倾倒废水，这当然是更好的选择。

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It was still starlight when she left the palace on a snow-white donkey, and rode away from the Nile River straight to the west.

当还是满天星辰的时候，她骑上一头毛发雪白的驴子离开宫殿，从尼罗河出发向西直奔。

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Whether you want to go straight home, or whether we might go to the woods or the river.

你想要直接回家呢，还是我们去个森林，还是去个河边。

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He saw a large straight tree growing by the river.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The town lay on a flat plain at the base of an Allegheny Mountain valley so steep that the hillsides rose straight upward along the Little Connemaugh River.

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The sound of a motor sends carp launching high out of the water at passing boats, sometimes smacking passengers straight into the river.

FORBES: Lucky Catch

And rowers fear the project may imperil a leading regatta site where the smooth river is straight and the winds gentle.

WSJ: Real Rapids in Grand Rapids?

Any suggestion of spin, and Panesar will get the nod, despite the straight hit into the river at the Swalec Stadium - formerly Sophia Gardens - being absurdly short.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column