bank
单词辨析：
主要指在河面上建起的特殊屏障，尤用来蓄水、发电等。
A huge dam has been built on the Yangtze River.
长江上建起了一个大型水坝。
The dam was not strong enough to hold the floodwaters.
水坝不够坚固，抵挡不住洪水。
主要指河流沿岸的土地或高出水面的斜坡。
The banks of the river are covered by grass.
河两岸长满了草。
Many people live along the banks of the Nile.
很多人生活在尼罗河两岸。
主要指在河面上建起的用来防洪或浇灌农田的土坝或石坝。
We have built a barrage across the river to provide water for farming.
我们在河上建造了一个水坝作农田灌溉之用。
The newly built barrage has benefited the whole village.
新建的拦河坝让整个村庄受益。
修筑于河、湖、海的某处，主要用来防止水患。
The dikes are strong enough to prevent floods.
河堤非常坚固，足以防止洪水泛滥。
相关例句：
Bank of America merged with a rival bank
美国银行与一家竞争银行合并了。
A plane took off and banked above the highway in front of him.
一架飞机起飞后在他前方的公路上空侧飞转向。
The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。
Some stockbrokers, in collusion with bank officials, obtained large sums of money for speculation.
一些股票经纪人和银行职员串通一气，通过炒买炒卖赚了不少钱。
Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has banked your cheque, the process begins.
一旦在某个代理行登记了详细信息并由它将支票存入银行，这一程序就开始了。
The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home.
银行取消了他先前住房的抵押赎回权。