Once that dam was broken, I bought some wanky running shorts.

一不做二不休，我买了令人意淫的运行短裤。

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Tocks Island dam, designed for flood control, water supply, and recreation, cannot solve the long-standing and growing problems that dam supporters pointed to.

为防洪，供水，娱乐而设计的托克岛大坝，不能解决建坝支持者所指出的那些长期存在的和不断出现的问题。

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It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achi evement for nations and people striving to assert themselves.

对于那些努力维护自己权利的国家和人民来说，建造一座巨大而强大的大坝已经成为了阿齐王朝的象征，但这并没有帮助他们。

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It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has fallen over a dam cannot be brought back again.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Visitors to Hoover Dam drive on a small road that passes Lake Mead.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

They are told that Hoover Dam is often called Boulder Dam.

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The report makes clear that dam removal is not appropriate for all or even most of the nation's dams.

CNN: Study opens floodgates on dam removal

The report indicates that dam removal is often less costly than dam repair.

CNN: Study opens floodgates on dam removal

But that dam is sure to burst once financially strapped utilities start viewing their neighbors' customers as potential revenue sources.

WSJ: Business Asia: Singing the Abe Electric