by water

基本解释

In order to make automobile passages across the rivers more reliable, they pour on by water, increasing the thickness of ice.
为防止各类作业车辆通行冰层时坠入水中，建设者便通过在冰上浇水的方法来增厚冰层。
"I cannot longer remain indifferent to what is happening in my country, " she said. "My brothers Fidel and Raúl have made it an enormous prison surrounded by water.
“对于在我国发生的事情，我再也不能淡然处之了，”她说，“我的哥哥菲德尔和劳尔已经把它变成被水围困的一个巨大监狱。
For sure, 2012 -- specifically December 20, 2012 -- is a key date for the Mayas, as it represents the end of the fourth of these millennial cycles which elders say is symbolized by water.
的确，2012年，具体地说是2012年12月20日是玛雅历法的一个关键日期，因为它代表着第四个千年周期的结束，长者称这个周期是以水为特征的。

In the center of the courtyard, there is a huge glass and steel pyramid surrounded by water fountains and smaller pyramids.
I mean, they're surrounded by water everywhere you look.
我是意思是,那儿四面环水
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The opposite leaflet does the other thing, the water soluble part points down and the fat points up, so now you have thin region of fat which is surrounded on both sides by water.
相反的部位则有不同的情况,水溶性部分向下,而脂肪向上,所以现在就得到了,两侧均被水包围的薄层脂肪区域
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Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases.
UNESCO: World Water Day 22 March 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World