This year water levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze are unusually high.

今年长江中下游的水位高得不正常。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The lower reaches of the river are navigable for steamers.

这河的下游能够行驶轮船。

《新英汉大辞典》

Many clubs in the lower reaches of the league are in financial difficulty.

联盟下层的许多俱乐部都处于财政困难之中。

《牛津词典》

Martinez was a 22-year-old midfielder in the lower reaches of Spanish soccer when he moved to England to play for Wigan in the fourth tier.

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To further complicate matters, the Endangered Species Act requires the Corps to release enough water to maintain dwindling populations of rare mussels and sturgeon in the lower reaches of the two rivers.

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This time around, he has been looking for natural gas in the lower reaches of the Gulf of Mexico, a basin that was given up as exhausted just a few years ago.

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