It can result in planets being " sterilized, " with no chance for holding liquid water.

这可能会导致行星被“消毒”，没有机会保存液态水。

Hours later, when I returned from my chores in the city, the sporophytes were still there, still holding water.

几个小时后，当我忙好城里的事情回来时，孢子体仍然在原地，仍然抓着水珠。

Ones for energy production through the generators there in the hydroelectric dams, another is holding water for irrigation for farmers in southern Oregon.

一种是通过水电站大坝中的发电机产生能量，另一个是为俄勒冈州南部的农民提供灌溉用水。

The team noted that stars with several planets were " most likely to have the kind of circular orbits" that permit them to keep holding liquid water.

该研究小组指出，有多颗行星围绕的恒星“最有可能拥有圆形轨道”，这使得它们能够保存液态水。

Opponents have voiced their concerns about  Mose's impact on the lagoon's ecological systems, as holding back water in this way could lead to  depleted oxygen levels.

反对者表达了他们对摩西对泻湖生态系统影响的担忧，因为以这种方式阻止水可能会导致氧气含量耗尽。

It all started back in 1985, when a levee holding back water from the Colorado River broke, and the river started flowing west into what was then a dry, desert valley here.

这一切都始于 1985 年，当时阻止科罗拉多河水流的堤坝决裂，河流开始向西流入这里当时干燥的沙漠山谷。