It's this thing that I use for chopping down trees.

这是我用来砍树的东西。

As Uruk grew, its farmers began chopping down trees to make space for more crops.

随着乌鲁克的扩张，其农民开始砍伐树木以腾出空间种植更多农作物。

Yes. So chopping down the tree was a literal action, but stopping this bricks plan is metaphorical.

是的。所以砍树是字面上的动作，但停止这个积木计划是隐喻性含义。

Basically, industrial uses, chopping down the forest to build factories or to build residential areas. The second one is agriculture.

首先是工业用途, 砍伐森林建造工厂或居民区。其次是农业用途。

Paul Bunyan's strength – his talent – was chopping down trees.

保罗班扬的力量——他的天赋——是砍树。

So they had to content themselves with clearing fields, grazing animals, and chopping down trees.

因此，他们不得不满足于清理田地、放牧和砍伐树木。

It honors the story of George Washington refusing to lie about chopping down a cherry tree.

它纪念乔治·华盛顿拒绝为砍倒樱桃树而撒谎的故事。

I followed him across the foot log he had made by chopping down a white oak, felling it over the deep stream.

我跟着他走过了原木桥。那是他做的桥，他砍倒了一棵白橡树，让它顺势倒在那条深深的溪流上。

After loggers are done chopping down trees and harvesting the lumber, the remaining vegetation is usually burned.

伐木工人砍伐树木并收获木材后，通常会焚烧剩余的植被。

I read somewhere that they were considered to be the lungs of the planet and there we are happily chopping it all down.

我在什么地方读到过，说它们被认为是“地球之肺”，而我们却很开心地把它们全部砍掉。

Let's take the same example of my forest and me not chopping it down. Where does blockchain work into this?

让我们以我的森林为例，我没有砍伐它。区块链在哪里发挥作用？

We've just said that every building should be timber and advocated chopping down trees  to make buildings that are flammable, right?

我们刚才说了，每栋建筑都应该是木材，提倡砍伐树木来建造易燃的建筑，对吗？

With their shorter, sharper teeth, today's beavers have no trouble chopping down trees - which makes them excellent landscapers, as well as builders.

凭借更短、更锋利的牙齿，如今的海狸可以毫不费力地砍伐树木——这使它们成为出色的园艺师和建筑商。

They had met in the woods, where they were both chopping down trees, and Mr. Edwards had insisted that Pa borrow nails for the roof.

他们是在树林里相遇的， 当时他们都在砍树，爱德华兹先生坚持要爸爸借钉子盖屋顶。

We've used the most effective methods to increase the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere: burning coal, oil and natural gas, chopping down forests, and surprisingly, making cement.

燃烧煤、石油、天然气，滥砍滥伐，以及一个让人意想不到的方式——制造水泥。

The greater portion of the supply has hitherto been procured by chopping down the trees in the more accessible sections of the forest alongside of bridle-paths that cross the range.

迄今为止，大部分供应是通过砍伐森林中更容易到达的部分以及穿过山脉的马道旁的树木来获得的。

The population was made up of plain farmers and their families engaged in severe and unbroken labor, chopping down trees, draining fever-breeding swamps, breaking new ground, and planting from year to year the same rotation of crops.

人口由平原农民和他们的家庭组成， 他们从事艰苦而不间断的劳动， 砍伐树木，排干热病沼泽， 开辟新土地，并每年轮作相同的作物。