impoundment

基本解释

In the Southwest, continuing drought shrank Lake Mead, the enormous impoundment behind Hoover Dam that waters much of the region, to a fraction of its former self.
在东南部，持续的干旱让 Mead 湖这一胡佛大坝的水源干涸，为该地区大部分区域供水的胡佛大坝的蓄水量只有过去的零头。
A magnitude-6.3 quake in India in 1967 that killed 200 people was caused by impoundment behind the country's Koyna Dam.
1967年印度发生的那起震级6.3级、致200人死亡的地震就是印度的柯伊呐（Koyna）大坝（拦截的水产生的应力）造成的。
This outlet pipe is at the bottom of a giant phosphate waste impoundment in Florida, and forms a stream that eventually empties into the water table.
这是佛罗里达州一座巨型磷酸盐废料渠的排通管道，它排出的工业废料汇集成流，最终与地下水汇合。

Even then, a bond of 20% of the value of goods must be put up, as insurance against wrongful and malicious impoundment.
ECONOMIST: New moves to protect foreign companies
Besides stopping production of Huawei routers, called Quidway, Cisco is seeking attorney costs, damages, impoundment and destruction of all Huawei routers and manuals, and damages equivalent to profits Huawei made on the gear.
FORBES: Magazine Article
Nor do we expect pro-growth structural reforms such as repeal of the 1974 budget and impoundment act, the line item veto, pay-go rules to require spending cuts to offset proposed spending increases, scoring reform, or a super-majority vote to pass new entitlements.
FORBES: Malpass Handicaps Tax Cut Extension

蓄水
The results demonstrate that after impoundment the pollution concentration reaches 49.4 mg/L from 11.14 mg/L while pollution zone extends 4～10 km.
得出蓄水后浓度由11．14mg／L增加到49．4mg／L，污染带长度为4～10km。
地球科学
蓄水