If you make compromises when you dig a ditch, you just get uneven width or unequal depth.
如果在挖沟时有所折衷，则只能得到一条宽度不均匀或者深度不同的沟。
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Ditching includes all excavation work required to provide a ditch of the specified dimensions and depth of pipe cover.
挖沟指为提供规定尺寸和管子埋设深度的管沟所需的全部挖土工作。
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There, after a whispered conversation between the men, they at length drew him forth and flung him into a ditch at a spot where the depth of it rendered discovery unlikely for some time.