An embankment is a long, wide pile of earth or stones, built on purpose.

An embankment isEmbankment 是 a long, wide pile of earth or stones一堆長長、寬寬的泥土或石頭，built on purpose是刻意建造出來的。

People make one to hold water back — along a river, a lake, or the sea — so the water does not flood the land beside it. They also make one to hold up a road or a railway, so the track or the road sits high, dry, and level.

People make one to hold water back人們建造它，是為了擋住水——along a river, a lake, or the sea沿著河、湖，或海邊——so the water does not flood the land beside it讓水不會淹到旁邊的土地。 They also make one to hold up a road or a railway他們也會建造它來撐起道路或鐵路，so the track or the road sits high, dry, and level讓軌道或路面又高、又乾、又平。

It is not a thin brick wall. It is a bank, often with a slope you can walk on. In towns you may see a path along the river embankment.

It is not a thin brick wall它不是一道薄薄的磚牆。 It is a bank它是一道土堤，often with a slope you can walk on通常有個你可以走上去的斜坡。 In towns you may see a path along the river embankment在城裡，你可能會看到一條沿著河堤（river embankment）的步道。

The word is ordinary in news about floods, trains, and building work. It is not the bank where you keep money, though people do stretch “bank” for both, which is how the mix-up starts.

The word is ordinary這個字很常出現，in news about floods, trains, and building work在關於水災、火車、工程的新聞裡。 It is not the bank where you keep money它不是你存錢的那種 bank（銀行），though people do stretch “bank” for both不過人們確實會把 bank 這個字同時用在兩種東西上，which is how the mix-up starts這就是混淆的起點。