dead water

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A chronic drought in Hubei has rendered 1,392 reservoirs virtually useless as only dead water remains in them, said the local water authority Monday.
当地水利厅官员16日表示，由于持续干旱，湖北已有1392座水库水位跌至"死水位"以下，水库有效蓄水基本用完。
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The water level of Danjiangkou Reservoir is 135.17 meters now, nearly 4 meters lower than the dead water level of 139 meters , caused great inconvenience to the life of people near the reservoir.
丹江口水库坝前水位为135.17米，仍比139米死水位线低近4米，给库区人民生产生活带来极大的不便。
In 1923 he published his first poetry book of Red Candle twinkled with sparkles of anti-imperialism patriotism. In 1928 he published his second poetry book of Dead Water with deep patriotic passion.
1923年出版第一部诗集《红烛》，闪烁着反帝爱国的火花，1928年出版第二部诗集《死水》，表现出深沉的爱国主义激情。
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There have been several proposals to pump water into the Dead Sea from the Red Sea or the Mediterranean.
Yeah. Suppose I choose it right down there I guess 0. Well, the tangent there will not even have an x intercept. So I'm really going to be dead in the water.
好，如果我选猜想数为0，好吧,这个点的切线甚至和x轴都没交点,所以在这儿这一原则,真的不起作用了。
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It shows bloody images of fisherman cutting the fins off dead sharks then throwing them back in the water.

By morphing into an explicit political instrument, its long term impact is dead in the water.
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