1·The authorities have mobilized vast numbers of people to drain flooded land and build or repair dikes.
当局动员了大批民众为遭受洪灾的地区排涝并修建或修复堤坝。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·At the city of Coba the Maya built dikes around a lake in order to raise its level and make their water supply more reliable.
在科巴市，玛雅人围绕着一个湖泊修建堤坝，以提高水位，使供水更加稳定可靠。
3·A series of dikes and makeshift barricades designed to protect Bangkok from the full brunt of the floods appeared to be holding over the weekend, but experts warned the city isn't out of danger yet.
为保护曼谷免受洪水猛烈冲击而建设的一系列堤坝和临时障碍物似乎暂时是挺过来了，但专家警告，曼谷仍未脱离危险。
4·Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated as the river level rose and broke through waterlogged dikes and embankments.
成千上万人因水位上涨和堤坝浸水而疏散。
5·In this paper, the types, causes and regulations of dikes seepage deformation are discussed and dikes seepage stabilization are analytically studied as well.
阐述了堤防渗透变形的类型、成因、规律，并对堤坝渗透稳定性问题进行了分析研究。