Early on, rescue efforts were difficult because the ground was too soft and unstable for machinery, forcing rescue workers to use shovels, hoes, and their hands to dig out any possible survivors.

早期救援工作很难进行，因为土质过于松软不利于机械的稳定停放，促使救援工人用铁锹、锄头甚至双手去挖出任何可能的幸存者。

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It was lunch hour at the dig site, and the workers had gone to eat in the shade.

现在是午饭时间，发掘工地上的工人都已躲在荫凉处吃饭去了。

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The workers were on a construction project to dig a railway tunnel, the news agency said.

该通讯社说，工人们在这个建筑项目中，挖一个铁路隧道。

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The Dig and its assorted workers certainly consumed materials, equipment, and domestic goods.

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In a turn of phrase which I think many Keynesians today might feel would have been better left unsaid, Keynes argued that this would work even if workers were hired by the government simply to dig holes in the ground and fill them up again.

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