An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket.
一个小时后，儿子带着空篮子回来了，告诉父亲用篮子装水是不可能的。
Less vegetation means the soil can't hold water as well; the soil loses its ability to retain water when it does rain.
更少的植被意味着土壤也无法保持水分；下雨时土壤就失去了保持水分的能力。
At first thought it seems incredible that there can be enough space in the "solid" ground underfoot to hold all this water.
乍一想，似乎难以置信的是，在脚下的“坚实”地面上居然有足够的空间来容纳这么多的水。
This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.
这种论点在欧洲根本就说不通。
这个篮子装不住水。
He beat the water with his paws to hold himself up, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank.
他用爪子拍打水面，想让自己浮起来，可是越用力，沉下去得越深。
Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, the relative humidity will be constant only if the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases as the temperature rises.
因为温暖的空气比冷空气能容纳更多的湿气，所以只有当大气中的水蒸气量随着温度的升高而增加时，相对湿度才会保持不变。
Then it snows because as the air rises, it cools off and loses its capacity to hold water vapor.
然后就会下雪，因为当空气上升时，它就会冷却并失去保持水蒸气的能力。
水能载舟。
In ancient China, there is also a saying, water can hold the boat, it can also make the boat turn upside down.
在中国古代也有谚语说，水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
How much water can this reservoir hold?
这个水库能蓄多少水？
His account of the robbery won't hold water.
他对抢劫案经过的陈述漏洞百出。
He says he only has four trucks and only two hold water.
他表示，他们只有四辆消防车，其中只有两辆车上有水。
The South Pole's Aitken Basin, an eight-mile deep gouge in the lunar crust, ranks as the largest impact crater in the solar system, and could hold water in the form of ice.
南极的艾肯特盆地陷入月球表面8英里，称得上是太阳系内最大的撞击形成环形山，那里可能存在着冰块形式的水。
Hair on your skin can hold water droplets too. A hairy leg may get sunburned more quickly than a shaved one.
皮肤上的汗毛也能保存水滴。毛茸茸的腿晒黑的速度比光溜溜的腿更快。
Your overseas work experience does not hold water in the domestic market.
你在海外的工作经验在国内市场是不管用的。
The suggestion that speculators deliberately manipulate markets to earn profits through bubbles and busts simply does not hold water.
那些声称投资者通过故意操纵市场，利用泡沫的产生和破灭来赢取利润的理论根本站不住脚。
So why does eyewitness testimony continue to hold water in courtrooms?
那么为什么目击证人的证词在法庭上总是站得住脚的呢？
Most of the arguments put forward by our opponents simply do not hold water.
我们的对手提出的大部分辩解都站不住脚。
This theory also fails to hold water.
这种理论也站不住脚。
But the argument that Japan needs to intervene in the currency markets because the yen is too strong doesn't hold water.
但是辩称日本需要在货币市场进行干预是因为日元太强并不成立。
If it does not hold water, then it is weak and not worth debating.
如果它没能hold water，那它就是不可靠且无法证明的。
That argument is untenable. /The argument does not hold water.
这个论点不能成立。
As the nets cannot hold water.
如同网无法握住水一样。
This could hold water, or it could be empty.
这可以保持水的，也可能是空的。
This could hold water, or it could be empty.
这可以保持水的，也可能是空的。
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