His father had been a civil engineer and earth mover, and Mr. Cameron had memories of his father putting in sewage and water systems.
他的父亲是一位土木工程师，经常自己动手“大兴土木”，卡梅伦还记得父亲亲自组装上、下水系统的情形。The new leader built largely the moment he took charge of the company.
一接手这个工厂，这位新领导就大兴土木。Since the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Peking (Beijing), the more massive construction projects in urban construction repair off.
自明成祖迁都北平（北京）后，更大兴土木，修城建关。Princess Wencheng had in her retinue a large number of Chinese craftsmen and Princess Chizun also invited a number from Nepal.
文成公主带来大批唐朝工匠，赤尊公主也从尼泊尔请来了工匠，开始大兴土木，修建寺庙。No longer a wasteland of sleepy state-owned department stores, the capital was throwing up stadiums, shopping malls and car dealerships.
中国首都不再是昔日只有死气沉沉的国有百货店，贫乏的废土；而是大兴土木建造着体育场馆，大型购物商厦，汽车专卖行。Still, someone lent Dubai World the tens of billions it used to build glitzy real estate projects from Vegas to the Middle East .
然而总有人借给了迪拜世界从拉斯维加斯到中东大兴土木修建豪华地产所用的数百亿计的资金。But some Chinatown groups are pushing a competing plan for rezoning the neighborhood that would largely limit new development.
但唐人街某些团体正在推动一项在很大程度上会限制大兴土木的竞争性重新规划方案。As construction booms in emerging economies and more sources dry up, however, exploitation of the remaining ones is likely to intensify.
新兴经济体国家正大兴土木而更多的资源正在枯竭，因此，各国对现有资源的掠夺可能会愈加升级。A month ago someone told me about a major construction project on a back road I regularly traverse.
一个月前，有人告诉我，我经常穿越的一条土路上正在大兴土木。