The ship's ballast tanks were filled to stabilize it in rough waters.
船上的压载舱被注满水以在波涛汹涌的海面上保持稳定。
The gardener added more ballast to the garden bed to prevent soil erosion.
园丁在花坛里添加了更多的压舱物来防止土壤流失。
A heavy load of ballast prevented the train from derailing during the storm.
重压的压舱物使火车在暴风雨中免于脱轨。
The aircraft's center of gravity was adjusted by adding ballast to the wings.
飞机的重心通过向机翼添加压舱物进行调整。
In construction, ballast stones are commonly used to support railway tracks.
在建筑中，石块常常作为铁路轨道的支撑物。
The weight of the ballast in a spacecraft is crucial for achieving orbit.
宇宙飞船中的压舱物重量对于进入轨道至关重要。
The ship's engineers had to remove excess ballast to lighten the vessel for the journey.
船上的工程师必须移除多余的压舱物以减轻船体重量进行航行。
The old bridge needed new ballast to reinforce its foundation.
这座旧桥需要新的压舱物来加固地基。
The crew carefully calculated the amount of ballast needed to balance the ship's load.
船员们精确计算了压舱物的数量以保持船只负载的平衡。
The use of lightweight ballast materials has become more popular in modern architecture.
轻质压舱材料在现代建筑中越来越受欢迎。
"Dumper trucks are mainly used in city construction and the transportation of ballast soil and coal.
自卸车主要用于城市建设和压载土和煤的运输。
In April 2016, construction began on the world's first ballast track, which is designed for speeds up to 350 kilometers per hour.
2016年4月，世界上第一条有碴轨道开始施工，该轨道的设计速度高达每小时350公里。
Ren Jingdong, deputy head of the NEA, said at a news conference on the sidelines of the recently concluded 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that the country will give full play to coal as the ballast stone in the energy mix while enhancing oil and natural gas exploration and development.
国家能源局副局长任敬东在最近结束的中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会期间举行的新闻发布会上表示，国家将充分发挥煤炭在能源结构中的压舱石作用，同时加强石油和天然气勘探与开发。
Dubbed by some as the "Hercules forklift at sea", the vessel can lower its deck into the water through the adjustment of its own ballast water, and lift cargo from the designated position to complete the loading.
该船被一些人称为“海上大力神叉车”，可以通过调整自身压载水将甲板降至水中，并将货物从指定位置吊起完成装载。
According to the agreement, the three parties will form a joint venture to provide hydrogen service for commercial road transport vehicles in the fields of postal services, express and logistics and ballast soil transportation.
"Consumption must be the ballast of the Chinese economy, because it is one of the strongest engines for China's economic development.
China remains the ballast of global economic growth, Pang added.
"China-US economic and trade relations are the ballast of bilateral relations, and trade structures of China and the US are very complementary," Zhao said, adding the past few years have proved that additional tariffs have increased trade costs for both China and the US, with the latter getting hurt more and other countries also reeling from their impact.
The economic development in China's Yangtze River Delta region has been heralded as the ballast stone for the steady growth nationwide, according to an index report on the region's innovation driving force.
Pan considered continued reform and opening up as the biggest ballast stone of China's long-term economic development, saying that it means institutional reform and technological innovation will continue to push forward a steady increase in the country's total factor productivity and ensure stable and long-term economic development.
The implementation of the RCEP plays the role of ballast in attracting foreign investment for China as more and more investors are actively pursuing business opportunities and further deepening their existing cooperation.
The implementation of RCEP plays the role of ballast in attracting foreign investment for China as more and more investors are actively pursuing business opportunities that have arisen and further deepening their existing cooperation.
The Chinese economy, after steady growth over the past decade, has served as both a ballast for and propeller of the global economy, and injected more certainty to world peace and development, the premier said.
The department of industry at the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic regulator, recently held a symposium with several key provinces in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, saying steady growth of the industrial economy will serve as the "ballast stone" stabilizing the overall economy.
Consumption is the ballast stone of the economy, playing fundamental role in economic growth, especially in 2023 when the global economic recession holds a high probability and external demand further shrinks, said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Banking Corp. "Therefore, in order to restore consumption, it is necessary to increase the income of residents, especially the income of low- and middle-income residents who have a high propensity to consume but have been greatly affected by the pandemic.
The minister said that the industrial sector has continued to serve as the "ballast stone" of the macroeconomic market, citing figures showing that the total added value of Chinese industrial enterprises above a designated size registered 3.8-percent year-on-year growth in the first 11 months of 2022.
Guo's views were echoed by Wang Yun, deputy director of the Institute for International Economic Research at the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, who said consumption serves as a "ballast stone" in boosting economic development, while investment plays a key role in optimizing the supply structure.
Economic and trade relations are "the ballast stone" and "stabilizer" of the relationships between China and Latin American countries, and the two sides have strong economic complementarity and cooperation potential, she said.
With GDP reaching 9.6 trillion yuan ($1.37 trillion), 27.6 trillion yuan and 10.1 trillion yuan respectively in 2021, the three areas play an important role as ballast for the country's economy, a driving force for high-quality development and a test ground for reform, said Xiao Weiming, director of Regional Department of National Development and Reform Commission.
The first focus is how to let infrastructure investment further play its role as a "ballast stone" in stabilizing economic growth.
However, the IMF also said China is the ballast stone of emerging markets.
In the face of headwinds such as high commodity prices and supply chain challenges, China has prioritized stable growth for industrial development in 2022, which is the "ballast stone" of the macroeconomic market.
Fixed asset investment will continue to serve as the "ballast stone "for China's stable economic growth in 2022, with infrastructure and manufacturing investment working as the main drivers.
During the convention, Vice-Premier Liu He told global participants the manufacturing industry, as the "ballast stone" of the economies of major countries, is pivotal in promoting economic growth and enhancing employment quality.
Consumption has become the biggest driver to China's economic growth, and also the ballast of economic stability, Li said.
Officials concerned said the operation involved complex tasks like stripping and sawing of the railway lines, shifting them in quick time, transfer of the catenaries, and ballast and machine tamping works.
"Foreign investment increases trade and can act as a ballast in relations between countries," he told Xinhua.
Consumption remains the "ballast stone" for the stable development of the economy, accounting for 54.3 percent of its gross domestic product, said the MOC.
Trade and economics are the anchor, the ballast of the relationship between the two countries, Roach added.
The city clusters in the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Chengdu-Chongqing and other economically active areas will continue to play key roles as the major drivers of tourism development and the ballast stone of the tourism economy, as they are the most important sources of tourists, the leading tourist destinations, and significant transport hubs, Dai added.
At the same time, the country will work to strengthen the role of coal as a "ballast stone" in China's energy mix, Zhang said, adding more efforts will be made to increase oil and gas exploration and increase their reserves.
The government will give full play to the role of coal as a "ballast stone" with supportive role in maintaining domestic energy security, while enhancing oil and gas exploration and development, Ren said.
Most of the orders Chinese companies gained in 2020 were for regular maintenance, with desulfurization system restoration and ballast water system restoration among the more specialized requests, said Chen Minjun, vice-president of the Beijing-based association.
北京市船舶协会副会长陈敏军表示，2020年大多数中国公司接到的订单都是定期维护，脱硫系统修复和压载水系统修复属于更专业的服务请求。
The property market is still a ballast for sustaining China's investment and economic growth as well as the Chinese people's well-being under the dual-circulation development scenario, an industry expert said.
一位行业专家表示，在双循环发展格局下，房地产市场仍然是支撑中国投资和经济增长以及中国人民福祉的压舱石。
"Agriculture is the ballast of economic and social stability that requires special attention in the face of risks," Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu said during an extraordinary virtual meeting of the G20 agriculture ministers on April 21.
New regulations have made it mandatory for the shipping industry to reduce its carbon footprint, leading to steps like the 2020 sulfur cap, water ballast regulations and carbon emission reduction rules, said Martin Stopford, nonexecutive president of Clarkson Research.
The booming digital economy has injected fresh impetus into the economy, and has served as the ballast for China's stable economic growth, said Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, adding the company will help boost the digital and intelligent transformation of a wide range of industries.
联想集团董事长兼首席执行官杨元庆表示，蓬勃发展的数字经济为中国经济注入了新的活力，已成为支撑中国稳健经济增长的压舱石。他同时指出，联想将助力各行各业进行数字化、智能化转型。
"The law would serve as a ballast to ensure financial stability and bolster market confidence," Liu said, citing the need for the law to help more clearly apportion the responsibility of different parties, such as real estate developers and banks, in resolving the financial risks caused by the property market downturn.
They are the ballast stone of China's financial stability, coping well with external situations to fend off risks," Zeng said, adding that questioning their stability is groundless.
Large state-owned financial institutions should be given support to become better and stronger, acting as the main force to serve the real economy and the ballast to ensure financial stability.
The PBOC said that the benchmark deposit interest rates, or the "ballast stone" of the entire interest rate system, will be retained for the long term.
Against such a backdrop, slapping a currency manipulator tag on China could be counter-productive as it would not only harm the strategic mutual trust between the two countries but also harm bilateral trade relations -- the ballast of bilateral ties -- and increase the volatility of global markets.
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