Of 27 new wells drilled, 16 have proved exploitable.
在27个新钻的井中，16个已被证明是可开采的。
To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, we must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
由于大油井的枯竭，要想从北海有利地获取石油和天然气，我们必须集中精力于小储量油井的开采。
A millennium ago, step-wells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of India.
一千年前，梯级井是印度最干旱地区的生活基础。
Although he is a socialist, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.
虽然威尔斯先生是个社会主义者，但他对工人阶级几乎没有同情心。
Finally he collected over $2,000. That money was used to dig the first of "Ryan's wells".
他最终筹到了2000多美元。这些钱被用来挖第一口“瑞安的井”。
The first wells were drilled into the Ogallala during the drought years of the early 1930s.
在奥加拉拉钻的第一口井是在20世纪30年代早期的干旱年代。
Some wells are vast, open craters with hundreds of steps paving each sloping side, often in tiers.
有些井是露天的巨坑，每个斜边都有几百级台阶，通常是一层一层的。
This means that some wells may even need to undergo desalination after extraction, thus increasing the cost.
这意味着一些井甚至在开采后还需要进行海水淡化，这增加了成本。
Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.
在许多国家，数以百万计的灌溉井现在从地下水源抽水的速度，超过了降雨所能再次填满的速度。
Genetic selection is a way of exerting influence over others, "the ultimate collective control of human destinies," as writer Wells put it.
基因选择是对他人施加影响的一种方式，正如作家威尔斯所说的“人类命运的终极集体控制”。
When much blood had clogged their chariot wheels, I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, even with truths that lie too deep for taint.
当大量的血液阻塞了马车的车轮之际，我就要起身，用甘甜的井水刷洗它们，甚至是用深深隐藏在污点后的事实。
Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.
水井是更可靠的淡水来源，加州希望这些深井能解决他们严重的水资源短缺问题。
In places, the water table is declining at a rate of a meter a year, necessitating the periodic deepening of wells and the use of ever-more-powerful pumps.
在一些地方，水位正以每年一米的速度下降，需要定期加深井并使用更强大的水泵。
The supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thrty years or so at the present rate of use.
石油供应可能会随时意外中断；不管怎样，以目前这种消费速度，只需30年左右，所有的油井都会枯竭。
As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.
由于地下水位下降，灌溉井干涸，居于世界之首的中国小麦产量，已经从1997年1.23亿吨的峰值下降了8%。
Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells.
环保主义者称引流河水将导致地下水位下降和水井干枯。
It has many tunnels, rooms, and wells.
它有许多隧道、房间和井。
Some big banks, like Wells Fargo, are now offering to convert your magstripe card to a chip-and-PIN model.
一些大银行，比如富国银行，现在正提供一种服务，能将你的磁条卡转换成芯片和个人识别码的模式。
Companies from Google to L'Oréal to IBM to Wells Fargo are known to use some degree of gamification in their workplaces.
众所周知，从谷歌到欧莱雅，从IBM 到富国银行，很多公司都在工作场合进行了某种程度的游戏化。
In 1969, a fossil hunter named Rod Wells came to Naracoorte in South Australia to explore what was then known as Victoria Cave.
1969年，一位名叫罗德·威尔斯的化石猎人来到南澳大利亚的那拉科特，探索当时被称为维多利亚洞穴的地方。
The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.
“时间机器”一词，由威尔士创造，现在普遍用来指将人类运送到遥远未来的交通工具。
Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted.
以前钻井深度只能达到1000英尺，但由于有了新的抽水方法，现在可以抽取比这更深的水。
The distribution of remaining oil in area is primarily in the center, and between cornerways wells.
剩余油在该地区的分布主要在中部、对角井间。
于是他拜访了威尔斯教授。
Europe has around 900 offshore Wells.
欧洲大概有900个近海油井。
But drilling such Wells takes months.
但钻这二口井将耗时数月。
Meanwhile, over at Wells Fargo . . .
同时，我们看看富国银行
Pits and old Wells dot many of the tunnels.
隧道里到处是凹陷和旧井。
The lakes and Wells all dried up during the drought.
在旱灾期间，所有的湖泊和水井都干涸了。
But the number of exploration Wells plunged by 78%.
但是勘探井的数量却急剧减少了78%。
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