It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Those who wish to be safe had better go soon, for the dykes will be opened to-morrow, and who can fly when the whole country is under water? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
By opening these gates, and by piercing a few dykes, the ocean might be made to fight for them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But to concentrate nine-tenths of your attention on the subject of dykes is to forget the civilization they are supposed to protect. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.