The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.

探险者爬上一个土堆以测量他们四周的土地。

We've surveyed all the land on Earth, most of the oceans.

我们已经勘测了地球上所有的陆地，大部分的海洋。

Surveying the land and getting to know these strange humans who call Earth home?

调研土地并开始了解奇怪的地球居民人类？

I loved travelling, so I decided to join a voluntary organisation and was sent to Ecuador to carry out land surveys.

我爱旅游，所以我决定加入一个志愿组织并被派往厄瓜多尔开展土地调查。

Take building a dam, for example, which usually entails surveying the land, a massive excavation phase, and then an equally massive construction phase.

以建造水坝为例，这通常需要测量土地、大规模挖掘阶段，然后是同样大规模的施工阶段。

Napoleon then came to Egypt at the end of the 18th century and also thought building a canal here would be a good idea and so decided to survey the land.

18世纪末，拿破仑来到埃及，他也认为在这里修建运河是个好主意，于是决定征用这块土地。