查询词典 impotable

E., on the instructions of the waterworks committee had prohibited the use of municipal water for purposes other than those of consumption (envisaging the possibility of recourse being had to the impotable water of the Grand and Royal canals as in 1893) particularly as the South Dublin Guardians, notwithstanding their ration of 15 gallons per day per pauper supplied through a 6 inch meter, had been convicted of a wastage of 20,000 gallons per night by a reading of their meter on the affirmation of the law agent of the corporation, Mr Ignatius Rice, solicitor, thereby acting to the detriment of another section of the public, selfsupporting taxpayers, solvent, sound.

都市监察官兼水道局技官、土木工程师斯潘塞。哈蒂奉水道局的指示（鉴于有可能会像一八九三年那样被迫利用大运河和皇家运河那不宜饮用的水），除了饮用外，下令一律禁止使用市里供应的自来水。尤其是南都柏林济贫院，尽管限定用六英寸的计量器，每个贫民每日配给十五加仑水，然而在市政府法律顾问、辩护律师伊格内修斯。赖斯的监督下，经查表证实，每夜要浪费两万加仑水，从而使院外的社会各阶层（也就是自费并有支付能力的纳税者们）蒙受损害。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。