英语单词“embankment”的意思是:堤岸;路基;路堤。读音为:英 [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt],美 [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt]。例句如下:
1. The road passes over the embankment and winds through the countryside. 这条公路从路基上穿过,蜿蜒曲折地通向乡间。
2. The river was swollen by the recent heavy rain and the embankment was washed away. 最近一场大雨使河水猛涨,堤岸被冲毁。
3. The embankment was built up with huge amounts of earth and stones. 路基是用大量的泥土和石头筑成的。
4. The road surface was raised above the embankment to prevent flooding. 路面比路基高出来,以防发生水灾。
5. The house backed on to a cliff edge overlooking a busy river embankment. 房子后面是悬崖,可以俯瞰繁忙的河边路基。
6. You will go round a slight bend in the road and suddenly the embankment drops away and there it is – St Catherine’s Point, our lovely sunset spot! 当你行驶过一段曲折的路之后,你就会看到一段从坡面突然突出、能看到日落的美丽景色的地方——圣凯瑟琳角!
7. The river had burst its banks and was flooding the embankment. 河水冲破了堤岸,正在淹没路基。
8. The driver was killed when his car hit a roadside embankment. 司机开车撞到路边路基上,当场死亡。
9. They had to wade through knee-deep water and climb over a low embankment to reach dry land. 他们不得不涉水过膝,爬过一道低矮的堤坝才到达了干燥的土地上。
10. We reached the top of the embankment and there, a hundred metres away, was the distant view of the city we had been eagerly anticipating all day. 我们爬上了路基的顶部,在百米开外的地方,就是我们期待了一整天的城市远景。