The tap was dripping.

龙头在滴水。

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The water came out of the tap in spurts.

水急速地从水龙头里喷出来。

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The tap was stopped up.

水龙头被塞住了。

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"We must intensify our prevention efforts if we are to turn off the tap of new HIV and TB infections.

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And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

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The way we like to do that is to tap into the region of the brain called pre-motor cortex.

我们要做的是接入大脑,一个叫做运动前区皮质的区域。

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Credit controls were lifted in October and banks have been quick to turn on the tap.

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The EU and IMF say they will turn off the tap if political instability continues.

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It could prove difficult and costly for an incoming government to turn off the tap in such cases.

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