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单词 flood control
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flood control

noun [mass noun]
The prevention of the overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, or the restriction of the effects of such an overflow: most of the reservoirs were constructed for flood control...
  • In the past, Louisiana had piloted the struggle in Congress for federal flood control on the Mississippi River.
  • The stubbornness with which he refused the Lower Valley's entreaties did not portend well for the region in its push for federal flood control.
  • The law, originally designed to address flood control, was broadened to authorize drainage improvements.
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